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The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
18.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. Although classified as a comedy in the First Folio, and while it shares certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, the play is perhaps ...Show more
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
15.00 NZD
Category: Classics
"The Merchant of Venice" is perhaps most associated not with its titular hero, Antonio, but with the complex figure of the money-lender, Shylock. The play was described as a comedy in the First Folio but its modern audiences find it more problematic to categorize. The vilification of Shylock 'the Jew' c ...Show more
The Merchant of Venice (Campfire Graphic) by William Shakespeare
20.00 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Campfire Graphic
A gamble on trading ships at sea, a pound of flesh as the penalty, a contest to win the hand of a rich heiress, and the final rescue in a court of law--"The Merchant of Venice "has all the ingredients required which make it one of Shakespeare's most dramatic romantic comedies. Antonio is the merchant of ...Show more
The Merchant of Venice (Graffex) by William Shakespeare
21.00 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Graffex
Although Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" was written in around 1596, it tackles two of the most prominent themes of today: religion and money. An excellent introduction to the pitfalls of borrowing, this title takes a good look at the conventions of past societies, from the very top to the very b ...Show more
The Merchant of Venice (Graphic Classics) by William Shakespeare
13.00 NZD
Category: Picture Books
The life of Antonio, the merchant of Venice, is threatened by Shylock the moneylender, when Antonio cannot repay his debt. But Antonio is brilliantly defended in a court of law by Portia, the clever young wife of his dear friend Bassanio. " Graphic Classics " titles introduce many of the world's literar ...Show more
The Merchant of Venice (Manga Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
29.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Manga Shakespeare
One of Shakespeare's greatest and, in recent years, most controversial plays. After borrowing a large sum of money from the Jewish money-lender Shylock, the merchant Antonio faces a devastating credit crunch when his fleet of ships is sunk in a storm. Shylock insists on the small print of his terms and ...Show more
The Merchant of Venice (The Pelican Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare (ed A R Braunmuller)
12.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: The Pelican 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 and the d ...Show more
The Orchard Book of Classic Shakespeare Verse by William Shakespeare
35.00 NZD
Category: Junior Fiction
An ideal introduction to William Shakespeare's finest verse--perfect for celebrating 450 years of the Bard This selection of verse and poetry from William Shakespeare, the greatest playwright the world has ever known, is filled with wit and wisdom, tenderness and magic, mischief and merriment. An exqui ...Show more
The Sonnets by William Shakespeare
18.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
The new Pelican Shakespeare series incorporates the more than thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the acclaimed original series, edited by Alfred Harbage, appeared between 1956 and 1967.The general editors of the new series of forty volumes-the renowned Shakespeareans Stephen Orgel ...Show more
The Sonnets (Collector's Library) by William Shakespeare
20.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
The "Sonnets of William Shakespeare", a cycle of 154 linked poems, were first published in 1609. This edition, beautifully illustrated with contemporary portraits and modern artwork by the illustrator Ian Penney, contains all of the poems and they deal with many of Shakespeare's most common themes: jeal ...Show more
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (The Pelican Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare (ed Mary Beth Rose)
12.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: The Pelican Shakespeare
Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare
24.99 NZD
Category: Literature | Series: The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
Timon of Athens has struck many readers as rough and unpolished, perhaps even unfinished, though to others it has appeared as Shakespeare's most profound tragic allegory. Described by Coleridge as 'the stillborn twin of King Lear', the play has nevertheless proved brilliantly effective in performance ov ...Show more