Eric Rasmussen Knihy

Illustrated with photographs of performances chosen by RSC Directors, this title features on-page notes which explain words and phrases unfamiliar to a modern audience.

Shakespeare sa rád dal inšpirovať. Nielen staršími autormi – často aj sám sebou. To najlepšie však vymyslel vždy sám. Platí to aj o hre Veľa kriku pre nič, a v nej najmä o vzťahu Beatrice a Benedika. Tí dvaja vedú medzi sebou veselú vojnu, plnú nádherne štipľavých replík – až kým nezistia, že sa vlastne majú radi.

The first edition of Shakespeare's collected works, the First Folio, published in 1623, is one of the most valuable books in the world and has historically proven to be an attractive target for thieves. Of the 160 First Folios listed in a census of 1902, 14 were subsequently stolen-and only two of these were ever recovered. In his efforts to catalog all these precious First Folios, renowned Shakespeare scholar Eric Rasmussen embarked on a riveting journey around the globe, involving run-ins with heavily tattooed criminal street gangs in Tokyo, bizarre visits with eccentric, reclusive billionaires, and intense battles of wills with secretive librarians. He explores the intrigue surrounding the Earl of Pembroke, arguably Shakespeare's boyfriend, to whom the First Folio is dedicated and whose personal copy is still missing. He investigates the uncanny sequence of events in which a wealthy East Coast couple drowned in a boating accident and the next week their First Folio appeared for sale in Kansas. We hear about Folios that were censored, the pages ripped out of them, about a volume that was marked in red paint-or is it blood?-on every page; and of yet another that has a bullet lodged in its pages. -- Provided by publisher

This title is part of an inexpensive range of classics in the "Penguin Popular Classics" series.

This first edition in over a century explores 'The Shakespeare Apocrypha,' featuring ten plays potentially influenced by Shakespeare. Edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen, it includes a comprehensive essay on authorship by Will Sharpe. This collection merges textual scholarship with elegant design, appealing to Shakespeare enthusiasts.