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《仲夏夜之梦》,一个如梦如幻的名字,是英国剧作家威廉·莎士比亚青春时代最为成熟的喜剧作品,同时也是威廉·莎士比亚最著名的喜剧之一,讲述了有情人终成眷属的爱情故事。此剧在世界文学史特别是戏剧史上影响巨大,后人将其改编成电影、故事、游戏、绘画等。
内容简介
Unique features of the Signet Classic Shakespeare
An extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater by the general editor of the Signet Classic Shakespeare series, Sylvan Barnet
A special introduction to the play by the editor, J. A. Bryant, Jr., University of Kentucky
Source from which Shakespeare derived Romeo and Juliet—Arthur Brooke's The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet
Dramatic criticism from the past and present: commentaries by Samuel Johnson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Michael Goldman, Susan Snyder, Marianne Novy
A comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions of Romeo and Juliet, then and now
Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable type
Up-to-date list of recommended readings
《仲夏夜之梦》是莎士比亚最富创造性的剧作之一。莎士比亚把希腊、罗马神话和英国民间传说杂糅在一起。全剧描写了四个层次的人物:空灵虚幻的仙王、仙后、仙童和小仙;公爵和他的新夫人;两对青年男女;还有六个粗俗的工匠。他们之间的关系错综复杂,仙界的争吵引起天时的反常和人情的错讹。最后,仙王与仙后和好,两对青年在公爵的婚礼后也成了亲。全剧充满了笑料,穿插以音乐、舞蹈和戏中戏,笼罩以夏夜神秘的月光和阴影,使人读了也随之进入诗境、梦境、仙境。
作者简介
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in April 1564, and his birth is traditionally celebrated on April 23. The facts of his life, known from surviving documents, are sparse. He was one of eight children born to John Shakespeare, a merchant of some standing in his community. William probably went to the King's New School in Stratford, but he had no university education. In November 1582, at the age of eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway, eight years his senior, who was pregnant with their first child, Susanna. She was born on May 26, 1583. Twins, a boy, Hamnet ( who would die at age eleven), and a girl, Judith, were born in 1585. By 1592 Shakespeare had gone to London working as an actor and already known as a playwright. A rival dramatist, Robert Greene, referred to him as "an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers." Shakespeare became a principal shareholder and playwright of the successful acting troupe, the Lord Chamberlain's Men (later under James I, called the King' s Men). In 1599 the Lord Chamberlain's Men built and occupied the Globe Theater in Southwark near the Thames River. Here many of Shakespeare's plays were performed by the most famous actors of his time, including Richard Burbage, Will Kempe, and Robert Armin. In addition to his 37 plays, Shakespeare had a hand in others, including Sir Thomas More and The Two Noble Kinsmen, and he wrote poems, including Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece. His 154 sonnets were published, probably without his authorization, in 1609. In 1611 or 1612 he gave up his lodgings in London and devoted more and more time to retirement in Stratford, though he continued writing such plays as The Tempest and Henry VII until about 1613. He died on April 23 1616, and was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford. No collected edition of his plays was published during his life-time, but in 1623 two members of his acting company, John Heminges and Henry Condell, put together the great collection now called the First Folio.
莎士比亚的代表作有四大悲剧:《哈姆雷特》(英:Hamlet)、《奥赛罗》(英:Othello)、《李尔王》(英:King Lear)、《麦克白》(英:Mac Beth)。著名喜剧:《仲夏夜之梦》《威尼斯商人》《第十二夜》《皆大欢喜》(《As you like it》)。历史剧:《亨利四世》《亨利五世》《查理二世》。正剧:《罗密欧与朱丽叶》。还写过154首十四行诗,二首长诗。本·琼森称他为“时代的灵魂”,马克思称他和古希腊的埃斯库罗斯为“人类最伟大的戏剧天才”。虽然莎士比亚只用英文写作,但他却是世界著名作家。他的大部分作品都已被译成多种文字,其剧作也在许多国家上演。"
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