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《仲夏夜之夢》,一個如夢如幻的名字,是英國劇作傢威廉·莎士比亞青春時代最為成熟的喜劇作品,同時也是威廉·莎士比亞最著名的喜劇之一,講述瞭有情人終成眷屬的愛情故事。此劇在世界文學史特彆是戲劇史上影響巨大,後人將其改編成電影、故事、遊戲、繪畫等。
內容簡介
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
《仲夏夜之夢》是莎士比亞最富創造性的劇作之一。莎士比亞把希臘、羅馬神話和英國民間傳說雜糅在一起。全劇描寫瞭四個層次的人物:空靈虛幻的仙王、仙後、仙童和小仙;公爵和他的新夫人;兩對青年男女;還有六個粗俗的工匠。他們之間的關係錯綜復雜,仙界的爭吵引起天時的反常和人情的錯訛。最後,仙王與仙後和好,兩對青年在公爵的婚禮後也成瞭親。全劇充滿瞭笑料,穿插以音樂、舞蹈和戲中戲,籠罩以夏夜神秘的月光和陰影,使人讀瞭也隨之進入詩境、夢境、仙境。
作者簡介
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.
莎士比亞的代錶作有四大悲劇:《哈姆雷特》(英:Hamlet)、《奧賽羅》(英:Othello)、《李爾王》(英:King Lear)、《麥剋白》(英:Mac Beth)。著名喜劇:《仲夏夜之夢》《威尼斯商人》《第十二夜》《皆大歡喜》(《As you like it》)。曆史劇:《亨利四世》《亨利五世》《查理二世》。正劇:《羅密歐與硃麗葉》。還寫過154首十四行詩,二首長詩。本·瓊森稱他為“時代的靈魂”,馬剋思稱他和古希臘的埃斯庫羅斯為“人類最偉大的戲劇天纔”。雖然莎士比亞隻用英文寫作,但他卻是世界著名作傢。他的大部分作品都已被譯成多種文字,其劇作也在許多國傢上演。"
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