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4 days ago · It was published in the First Folio of 1623 from a transcript, by Ralph Crane (scrivener of the King’s Men), of an authorial manuscript or possibly the playbook. One of Shakespeare’s final plays, The Winter’s Tale is a romantic comedy with elements of tragedy.
- David Bevington
4 days ago · Romeo and Juliet, play by William Shakespeare, written about 1594–96 and first published in an unauthorized quarto in 1597. An authorized quarto appeared in 1599, substantially longer and more reliable. A third quarto, based on the second, was used by the editors of the First Folio of 1623.
- David Bevington
- What is Romeo and Juliet about?Romeo and Juliet is about a young hero and heroine whose families, the Montagues and the Capulets, respectively, are ferocious enemies. Romeo and J...
- What is Romeo and Juliet based on?Shakespeare’s principal source for the plot of Romeo and Juliet was The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet, a long narrative poem written in 1...
- Where is Romeo and Juliet set?Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is set in Verona, Italy.
- How is Romeo and Juliet still relevant today?The characters of Romeo and Juliet have been continuously depicted in literature, music, dance, and theatre. The premise of the young hero and hero...
- What are some examples of film adaptations of Romeo and Juliet?Some of the most distinct film adaptations of Romeo and Juliet are Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 version of the same name, which notably cast actors sim...
3 days ago · It was first published in the Folio of 1623, possibly from a prompt book, and is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy. A brave Scottish general named Macbeth receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders King Duncan and takes the ...
1 day ago · Exiles. Text. Ulysses (novel) at Wikisource. Ulysses is a modernist novel by the Irish writer James Joyce. Parts of it were first serialized in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, and the entire work was published in Paris by Sylvia Beach on 2 February 1922, Joyce's fortieth birthday.
- John W. Presley, James Joyce, Hans Walter Gabler, Wolfhard Steppe, Claus Melchior
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- 2 February 1922
6 days ago · Four hundred years after its publication, Shakespeare’s First Folio has found a brand-new crop of enthusiasts. This gorgeous collection comprises all the plays in the original volume—fourteen comedies, ten histories, and twelve tragedies—each edited so it can be performed by eight to twelve children age seven and up in under twenty minutes.
4 days ago · 40 pages. 978-0-06-315987-7. Ages 4-8. Ju-Girl (Black) loves spending time with her granddad, who runs a garage. “I help him fix radiators, switch out batteries, and even change a car’s oil.”. Her favorite thing is organizing Granddad’s socket wrench set. When they take a break, they sit on the gate of his old Blue Pickup, where she ...
4 days ago · The new 13-inch iPad Air with the Apple M2 processor inside. In portrait mode. The 13-inch model is a little large for dedicated tablet use, but if you do want a gigantic tablet, the $799 price is ...
