Ergebnis für "Shakespeare" in Literatur & Belletristik

Prinz Hamlet von Dänemark wird nach einer dramatischen Flucht inklusive Schiffbruch am Strand des mystischen Landes Illyria angeschwemmt. Hier herrscht König Macbeth mit seiner Lady und versucht mit aller Kraft, eine Rebellion in Schach zu halten und den aufrührerischen Emporkömmling Richard III in seine Schranken zu weisen. Ist Hamlet der lang ersehnte Schattenkönig, den die Prophezeiung vorausgesagt hat?

Wenn ein Mann und eine Frau sich das Leben teilen, ist das ja schon schwierig. Aber wenn Mann und Frau sich auch noch ein und denselben Körper teilen...

A master of Russian realism, Anton Chekhov is renowned for his meticulously observed plays and short stories exploring the human condition, in all its joys and sorrows. Included here are six of his best-known dramas, as well as Michael Frayn's adaptation of Wild Honey, drawn from an early, untitled Chekhov play; and one documentary exploring Chekhov's life and work.

Set adrift by his pirate crew, Pocket of Dog Snogging - last seen in The Serpent of Venice - washes up on the sun-bleached shores of Greece, where he hopes to dazzle the Duke with his comedic brilliance and become his trusted fool. But the island is in turmoil. Egeus, the Duke’s minister, is furious that his daughter Hermia is determined to marry Demetrius, instead of Lysander, the man he has chosen for her. The Duke decrees that if, by the time of the wedding, Hermia still refuses to marry Lysander, she shall be executed...or consigned to a nunnery.

Now is the fall of his discontent, as Jason Fitger, newly appointed chair of the English Department of Payne University, takes arms against a sea of troubles, personal and institutional. His ex-wife is sleeping with the dean who must approve whatever modest initiatives he undertakes. The fearsome department secretary Fran clearly runs the show (when not taking in rescue parrots and dogs) and holds plenty of secrets she's not sharing. The lavishly funded Econ Department keeps siphoning off English's meager resources and has taken aim at its remaining office space.

Die Erzählungen des Zyklus "Da Shakespeare auf Bairisch" verweisen mit hintergründigem Humor und kabarettistischem Augenzwinkern darauf, dass die wahre Quelle von Shakespeares weltbekannten Dramen in Leben und Tradition jenes eigensinnigen Volkes am Nordrand der Alpen, inmitten in der "Föhnzone", zu finden ist. So gelingt es Prinz Hamlet, auch Hamlodi genannt, mit Unterstützung der Wandetruppe eines bairischen Volkstheaters den schnöden Mord an seinem königlichen Vater zu enträtseln.

Fred Twistleton is about to turn forty. Gathering with his friends to celebrate at a rented stately home, he finally hopes to get together with his college crush, the woman of his dreams, Heather. But Fred is also keen to publish his memoirs, and Heather realizes the revelations they contain could threaten her career as a high-flying foreign correspondent.

'Who is this guy, Dad? What is he doing here?' With an absent wife and a daughter going off the rails, wealthy art collector and philanthropist Simon Strulovitch is in need of someone to talk to. So when he meets Shylock at a cemetery in Cheshire's Golden Triangle, he invites him back to his house. It's the beginning of a remarkable friendship.

'You can't get around Kate Battista as easily as all that.' Kate Battista is feeling stuck. How did she end up running house and home for her eccentric scientist father and uppity, pretty younger sister, Bunny? Plus, she's always in trouble at work - her preschool charges adore her, but the adults don't always appreciate her unusual opinions and forthright manner.

Join "The Knave" and Sir Walter on a wild tale of mistaken identity, kidnapping, bowling, and a rug that, in faith, really tied the room together - in a sidesplitting Shakespearean comedy of errors and ninepins, told in five glorious acts of iambic pentameter and impeccable period prose.

Historiker wie Literatursachverständige streiten seit Jahrhunderten über die wahre Identität des englischen Autors William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616). Unumstritten ist, dass dieser ein ganz besonders Talent hatte, dem Volk wie auch der Obrigkeit direkt aufs Maul und ins Herz zu schauen. Der Zyklus "Da Shakespeare auf Bairisch" verweist hier mit viel hintergründigem Humor und großem Augenzwinkern darauf, dass der wahre Ursprung des Shakespeare'schen Œuvre in Leben und Tradition jenes eigensinnigen Volkes am Nordrand der Alpen inmitten in der Föhnzone zu finden ist.

Die Erzählungen des Zyklus "Da Shakespeare auf Bairisch" verweisen mit hintergründigem Humor und kabarettistischem Augenzwinkern darauf, dass die wahre Quelle von Shakespeares weltbekannten Dramen in Leben und Tradition jenes eigensinnigen Volkes am Nordrand der Alpen, inmitten in der "Föhnzone", zu finden ist. So gelingt es Prinz Hamlet, auch Hamlodi genannt, mit Unterstützung der Wandetruppe eines bairischen Volkstheaters den schnöden Mord an seinem königlichen Vater zu enträtseln.

Historiker wie Literatursachverständige streiten seit Jahrhunderten über die wahre Identität des englischen Autors William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616). Unumstritten ist, dass dieser ein ganz besonders Talent hatte, dem Volk wie auch der Obrigkeit direkt aufs Maul und ins Herz zu schauen. Der Zyklus? Da Shakespeare auf Bairisch? Verweist hier mit viel hintergründigem Humor und großem Augenzwinkern darauf, dass der wahre Ursprung des Shakespeare? In Leben und Tradition jenes eigensinnigen Volkes am Nordrand der Alpen inmitten in der Föhnzone zu finden ist.

Forced into exile in the Forest of Arden, lovers Rosalind and Orlando become entangled in a beguiling game of love, lust and mistaken identity. Rosalind and her cousin escape into the forest and find Orlando, Rosalind's love. Disguised as a boy shepherd, Rosalind has Orlando woo her under the guise of 'curing' him of his love for Rosalind. Rosalind reveals she is a girl and marries Orlando during a group wedding at the end of the play.

Star-crossed lovers. Naughty Greeks getting up to mischief in the woods. Scottish kings losing their minds. Young men with daddy issues. Dads who just need some positive affirmation from their daughters*. (*Okay, that's maybe putting it a bit mildly) But when Imogen brings 14 amateur actors together to perform one of the Bard's great works in a bid to save their local community centre, it becomes apparent that she - or anyone who reads this book for that matter - will never see Shakespeare's greatest works in the same light again...

This production is abridged and in plain English. Timon of Athens (The Life of Tymon of Athens) is perhaps Shakespeare's sharpest satire on wealth, greed, and betrayal. Scholars generally classify Timon either as a tragedy or a problem play.

The hilarious niche of British comedic writing has a new contender. At the heart of this riotous laugh-a-paragraph farce that will delight members of amateur dramatic societies everywhere lies a forgotten village in a remote valley where the "real valley folk" live.

The Reduced Shakespeare Company's The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) is currently the longest running comedy in London's West End. It has been performed all over the world and translated into 17 languages. This audio program, originally commissioned by the BBC and broadcast on the World Service, contains highlights from the stage show as well as new material specially written for radio.

The Reduced Shakespeare Company's The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) is currently the longest running comedy in London's West End. It has been performed all over the world and translated into 17 languages. This audio program, originally commissioned by the BBC and broadcast on the World Service, contains highlights from the stage show as well as new material specially written for radio.

Willie Shakespeare Greenberg is not living up to his name. It's 1986, and instead of finishing his thesis on the Bard, this grad student is saying "yes" to drugs, bedding coeds, and delivering a giant psychedelic mushroom to a mysterious collector. Meanwhile (or rather, back in 1582), would-be playwright William Shakespeare is an 18-year-old Latin teacher whose world is turned upside down when a stranger entrusts him with a sacred relic from Rome.