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<?=$who;?> Shakespeare (Plays Only!) Reading Challenge I don't know what's possessed me, but I've decided to read all of Shakespeare's plays. Here is my list...
List created by Caralen (caralen) on Jan 2, 2011
List Votes: 1 Books: 37 Contributors: 1 Watchers: 0 List Type: Closed
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King Lear (Pelican Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them...  more


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The Tragical History of Hamlet Prince of Denmark (Pelican Shakespeare) by William Sha...
"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them...  more


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The Life and Death of King John (Pelican Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
Completely re-edited, the New Folger Library editions of Shakespeare's plays put readers in touch with current ways of thinking about Shakespeare. Each freshly edited text is based directly on what the editors consider the best early printed version of the play. Each volume contains full...  more


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Much Ado About Nothing (Pelican Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them...  more


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Richard II by William Shakespeare
THE PELICAN SHAKESPEARE The times have forced changes in the way we look at "Richard II" more than any other of Shakespeare's plays. What to his contemporaries was a balanced dramatisation of the central political and constitutional issue of the time, how to cope with an unjust...  more


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The First Part of King Henry the Fourth (Pelican Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare ...
This edition presents a new look at Henry IV Part 2 in accordance with the work of the Shakespeare and Schools Project, the national curriculum for English and developments at GCSE and A Level. Cambridge School Shakespeare considers the play as theatre and the text as script, enabling pupils to...  more


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Macbeth PEL (Shakespeare, Pelican) by William Shakespeare
"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them...  more


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Othello (Pelican Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare & Russ McDonald
"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them...  more


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Love's Labor's Lost (Pelican Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
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The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth (Pelican Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare...
This edition presents a new look at Henry IV Part 2 in accordance with the work of the Shakespeare and Schools Project, the national curriculum for English and developments at GCSE and A Level. Cambridge School Shakespeare considers the play as theatre and the text as script, enabling pupils to...  more


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The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare & Stephen Orgel (Editor)
"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need...  more


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The Tempest (Pelican Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare & Peter Holland (Editor)
The most poetic and magical of Shakespeare's comedies, this play contrasts lyrical fantasy surrounding the spirit Ariel and the savage Calaban, with a tale of political intrigue focused around Prospero, the banished Duke of Milan, now a wizard living on a remote island. Books in this new,...  more


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The Life of King Henry the Fifth (Pelican Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare & C...
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Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare & Russ McDonald (Editor)
A volume in The New Cambridge Shakespeare, newly edited to the meticulous standard for which this series has become known, this edition of Titus Andronicus includes an extensive introduction that leads the reader through the full spectrum of contemporary criticism of the play, major modern...  more


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The Merry Wives of Windsor (Pelican Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them...  more


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The Merchant of Venice (Pelican Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
An international team of scholars offers: - modernised, easily accessible texts - ample but unobtrusive academic guidance - attention to the theatrical qualities of each play and its stage history - informative illustrations, including reconstructions of early performances The Merchant of Venice...  more


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Henry VI, Part 1 by William Shakespeare
With new editors who have incorporated the most up-to-date scholarship, this revised Pelican Shakespeare series will be the premiere choice for students, professors, and general readers well into the twenty-first century. Each volume features: * Authoritative, reliable...  more


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Measure for Measure (Pelican Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
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Henry VI, Part 2 (Shakespeare, Pelican) by William Shakespeare
With new editors who have incorporated the most up-to-date scholarship, this revised Pelican Shakespeare series will be the premiere choice for students, professors, and general readers well into the twenty-first century. Each volume features: ? Authoritative, reliable texts? High quality...  more


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Henry VI, Part 3 (Shakespeare, Pelican) by William Shakespeare
With new editors who have incorporated the most up-to-date scholarship, this revised Pelican Shakespeare series will be the premiere choice for students, professors, and general readers well into the twenty-first century. Each volume features: • Authoritative, reliable texts• High...  more


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Richard III by William Shakespeare
Final play in Shakespeare’s masterly dramatization of the struggle for power between the Houses of York and Lancaster. Richard is a stunning archvillain who schemes, seduces, betrays and murders his way to the throne, yet is capable of eliciting sympathy for his plight at the end....  more


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Cymbeline (Pelican Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare & Peter Holland
One of Shakespeare's final works, Cymbeline uses virtuoso theatrical and poetic means to dramatize a story of a marriage endangered by mistrust and painfully rebuilt, in a context of international conflict. This edition emphasizes the play's theatrical impact and pays close attention to its...  more


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Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them...  more


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Antony and Cleopatra (Pelican Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
The Arden Shakespeare has long been acclaimed as the established scholarly edition of Shakespeare's work. Now being totally re-edited for the third time, Arden editions offer the very best in contemporary scholarship. Each volume provides a clear and authoritative text, edited to the highest...  more


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The Winter's Tale (Pelican Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
The Winter's Tale was one of the very last plays Shakespeare wrote, a moving romance whose themes are sin, forgiveness, death, rebirth, and the power of Time and Nature to heal all wounds. Based on a novella by Shakespeare's enemy and arch rival Robert Greene, The Winter's Tale introduces...  more


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Romeo and Juliet (The Pelican Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
The magnificent, timeless drama is the world's most famous tale of "star-crossed lovers."  The young, unshakable love of Juliet and Romeo defies the feud that divides their families--the Capulets and Montagues--as their desperate need to be together, their secret...  more


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Henry VIII by William Shakespeare & Stephen Orgel (Editor)
Henry VIII is a history play generally believed to be a collaboration between William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, based on the life of Henry VIII of England. An alternative title, All is True, is recorded in contemporary documents, the title Henry VIII not appearing until the play's...  more


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Pericles, Prince of Tyre: Prince of Tyre (Pelican Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
With new editors who have incorporated the most up-to-date scholarship, this revised Pelican Shakespeare series will be the premiere choice for students, professors, and general readers well into the twenty-first century. Each volume features: • Authoritative, reliable texts• High...  more


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The Comedy of Errors (Pelican Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
A new look at Shakespeare's play in accordance with the work of the Shakespeare and Schools Project, the National Curriculum for English, developments at GCSE and A-level, and the probable development of English and Drama throughout the 1990s.


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Coriolanus by William Shakespeare & Jonathan V. Crewe
This generously annotated edition of Coriolanus offers a thorough reconsideration of Shakespeare's remarkable, and probably his last, tragedy. A substantial introduction situates the play within its contemporary social and political contexts and presents a fresh account of how the...  more


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Twelfth Night or What You Will (Pelican Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare & Jon...
The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare’s time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on...  more


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The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Pelican Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
With new editors who have incorporated the most up-to-date scholarship, this revised Pelican Shakespeare series will be the premiere choice for students, professors, and general readers well into the twenty-first century. Each volume features: Authoritative, reliable texts High quality...  more


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The Life of Timon of Athens (Pelican Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
With new editors who have incorporated the most up-to-date scholarship, this revised Pelican Shakespeare series will be the premiere choice for students, professors, and general readers well into the twenty-first century. Each volume features: Authoritative, reliable texts High quality...  more


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The History of Troilus and Cressida (Pelican Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare &...
With new editors who have incorporated the most up-to-date scholarship, this revised Pelican Shakespeare series will be the premiere choice for students, professors, and general readers well into the twenty-first century. Each volume features: • Authoritative, reliable texts• High...  more


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As You Like It (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Pelican Shakespeare (Pr...
THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.


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A Midsummer Night's Dream (Pelican Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare & Russ McD...
"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need...  more


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All's Well That Ends Well (Pelican Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare & Claire E...
All's Well That Ends Well has generally been considered one of Shakespeare's most difficult and unpopular plays. Labelled a "Problem Comedy", editors believe that the play was written between 1604 and 1605, and exhibits a darkening of Shakespeare's interest in comedy. The play deals with the...  more


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Comment added 9/27/11 by Caralen (caralen):
I'm finished!!!!! :D

Comment added 9/24/11 by Caralen (caralen):
1 more left!! I thought it would be fitting to end with All's Well that Ends Well. ;)

Comment added 9/18/11 by Caralen (caralen):
Only 3 more left!!!! As You Like It, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and All's Well that Ends Well. :)

Comment added 9/10/11 by Caralen (caralen):
started reading The Two Gentlemen of Verona. I have basically 1 very famous play left, or at least 1 I know a lot about (Midsummer Night's Dream). The rest I don't really know much about. 6 to go!!!

Comment added 5/27/11 by Caralen (caralen):
I always thought that Titus Andronicus was just Shakespeare's version of a horror/slasher flick. But I've discovered that it holds a lot of meaning as a warning against revenge, how revenge is different than justice - and how the whole cycle gets started.

Comment added 3/7/11 by Caralen (caralen):
now reading The Taming of the Shrew. Never knew it was a play within a play. :)

Comment added 3/5/11 by Caralen (caralen):
Finished up Henry IV Part Deux. I admit I cried a little at the end. :(

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Comment added 1/9/11 by Caralen (caralen):
I've completed Henry IV Part One - thought it was awesome! A brilliant blending of gravity and levity. Falstaff & et al - hilarious! Even Hotspur's scenes were great fun. :)

Comment added 1/2/11 by Caralen (caralen):
I just finished Richard II and discovered that it's part of a trilogy. I've decided to finish up the trilogy before I move onto any of the other histories, comedies, or tragedies. Henry IV Part One...Here I come!!!