Erik Adolf Saudek Book order (chronological)

Blends the supernatural and the mundane, the illusory and the substantial. This work treats love as tragic, poignant, absurd and farcical.

Dramatic and powerful in its scope, 'Othello' explores the perils of suspicion and jealousy and the ensuing breakdown of relationships and disaster that can arise from such emotions. Othello secretly marries Desdemona, but is led to believe that she has been unfaithful to him by his ensign, Iago, leading to tragic events.

Powerful tragedy of an aging king, betrayed by his daughters, robbed of his kingdom, descending into madness. Perhaps the bleakest of Shakespeare's tragic dramas, complete with explanatory footnotes.

The Arden Shakespeare has long been acclaimed as the established scholarly edition of Shakespeare's work. Now being totally reedited 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 standards; detailed textual notes and commentary on the same page of the text; full contextual, illustrated introduction, including an in-depth survey of critical and performance approaches to the play; and selected bibliography.

Developed in conjunction with experts from the University of Surrey, this work is designed to encourage independent reading. Accompanied by illustrations, it is a part of the "Usborne Young Reading Series", which re-examines the tragedy of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet".

When Rosalind is banished by her uncle, who has usurped her father's throne, she flees to the forest of Arden where her exiled father holds court. There, dressed as a boy to avoid discovery, she encounters the man she loves - now a fellow exile - and resolves to remain in disguise to test his feelings for her.

Shakespeare's classic comedy retold for children growing in reading confidence and ability. When Viola is left shipwrecked on the coast of Illyria, she must disguise herself as a boy for protection. But when she becomes a page for Duke Orsino, things start to get a little complicated.

Caso unico nel teatro di Shakespeare, La bisbetica domata (opera di difficile datazione, ma appartenente alla fase iniziale del suo percorso drammatico) è, esplicitamente, una commedia nella commedia, rappresentata come parte della beffa giocata da un ricco aristocratico ad un calderaio ubriaco. Singolare "esplosione" del tema della beffa, strettamente legato a quello della finzione teatrale, questa commedia, nell'incerto intreccio fra le due trame (il matrimonio della bisbetica Katherina e le rivalità e gli equivoci tra i pretendenti di Bianca, sorella "buona" della bisbetica), non sarebbe altro che una farsa del troppo artificioso moltiplicarsi degli equivoci, se non fosse per la presenza di Katherina, figura che, mentre riprende un tema fortemente presente nelle prime prove teatrali di Shakespeare, ossia il rapporto donna-potere, annuncia nel suo improvviso e aspro risvegliarsi all'amore futuri personaggi femminili di ben più articolata complessità.

Obsahuje: Romeo a Julie, Hamlet, kralevic dánský, Othello, Macbeth, Král Lear

HAMLET: Hamlet je tragédie o dánském královském rodu, kde po smrti krále Dánska jeho ovdovělá žena, Královna, provdá se za králova bratra Claudia, nyní Krále. Příběh začíná dva měsíce po králově smrti, kdy Horacio, jeden z nejvěrnějších služebníků, přivolá Hamleta na cimbuří, kde stráž viděla ducha, jenž vypadá jako bývalý král. Hamlet se dozvídá, že Claudius jeho otce zabil tím, že mu nakapal jed do ucha ve spánku. Hamlet slibuje pomstu za otcovu smrt. Hra ukazuje, jak touha po moci nezná mezí; ušlechtilí zabíjejí, poddaní se klaní a čest či ctnost jsou výsadami hrdinů. KRÁL LEAR: Král Lear je jednou z největších Shakespearových tragédií, kde se drama lidského údělu odehrává na obrovských pláních země i nebe. Hra je konkrétní, s důrazem na fyzické detaily, a zároveň univerzální, zkoumá svět otřásající se v základech. V srdci této tragédie je obraz poutníka a cesty; Lear putuje ze svého sídla do Doveru, ale jeho cesta má hlubší význam. Putuje od svých dcer Regan a Goneril k Kordelii, od pýchy k pokoře, od autoritářství k soucitu a od koruny, symbolu moci, k odpuštění.