After losing his emotionally fragile wife years ago, billionaire Paul Morgan has invested in masking his loneliness. Even though his global construction business has built Paul a fortune, he has struggled to rebuild his own life, though the walls around his heart aren’t as strong as he thinks. At least at the masquerade ball he’s throwing for the new Shakespearean Festival and Theater Group tonight, he can hide from the spotlight. Leaving Broadway behind is easy for costume designer Catherine Daniels. Since her fiancé died in a tragic accident eight years ago, Catherine’s hopes for the future have dimmed, pushing her backstage in her own life. Taking a summer gig to help the Shakespeare Festival get off the ground should be a welcome break from her normal routine… and the ghosts from her past that stalk it.For both Paul and Catherine, it’s easier to stick to the lonely fate they think they deserve than risk true intimacy. But when they cross paths at the ball, an unexpected spark of connection penetrates beneath their disguises. For it’s when their eyes lock that they see deep down, far below the masks and into a kindred soul, one hungry for another shot at love. As th... [Read More]

Tales From Shakespeare is a beloved classic that first appeared in 1807. Charles and Mary Lamb wrote these retellings from the famous English poet to introduce children to the great comedies, histories, tragedies, and dramas of the Bard of Avon. The stories are told in language that makes the works easier to understand, but Shakespeare's original Elizabethan language is included throughout much of the book to capture the heart of the great playwright. This edition includes all 20 plays, including The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Winter’s Tale, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, Two Gentlemen Of Verona, Merchant Of Venice, Cymbeline, King Lear, Macbeth, All’s Well That Ends Well, Taming Of The Shrew, The Comedy Of Errors, Measure For Measure, Twelfth Night; Or What You Will, Timon Of Athens, Romeo And Juliet, Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark, Othello, Pericles, and Prince Of Tyre.

Malagueña Martin heads home from London to help with the costumes for the local production of "Love's Labour's Lost." But a young, beautiful actress in the production is pushed in front of the very train that brings Malagueña back into the village. Overnight, the show and the tourism-driven economy are thrown into chaos. In order to save the village, Malagueña has to hope that the insights she gains as Costume Director are enough to help her catch a murderer.

Although scholars have long considered the material conditions surrounding the production of early modern drama, until now, no book-length examination has sought to explain what was worn on the period's stages and, more importantly, how articles of apparel were understood when seen by contemporary audiences. Robert Lublin's new study considers royal proclamations, religious writings, paintings, woodcuts, plays, historical accounts, sermons, and legal documents to investigate what Shakespearean actors actually wore in production and what cultural information those costumes conveyed.Four of the chapters of Costuming the Shakespearean Stage address 'categories of seeing': visually based semiotic systems according to which costumes constructed and conveyed information on the early modern stage. The four categories include gender, social station, nationality, and religion. The fifth chapter examines one play, Thomas Middleton's A Game at Chess, to show how costumes signified across the categories of seeing to establish a play's distinctive semiotics and visual aesthetic.

These three screen adaptations, Henry VI in two parts and Richard III, tell the story of The Wars of the Roses, an exceptionally turbulent period in British history. Shakespeare's plays are filmed in the visually breathtaking landscape and architecture of the period. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Hugh Bonneville, Judi Dench, Michael Gambon, Sally Hawkins, Sophie Okonedo & Tom Sturridge, these exhilarating and emotionally charged films feature some of Shakespeare's most eloquent and powerful language.

Bringing Shakespeare to the Sunshine State, this book gathers together a talented group of teachers, choreographers, directors, set designers, musicians, costumers, actors, and artists to discuss how they have adapted the bard's monologues in Miami, assassinated Julius Caesar on the steps of Tallahassee's Capitol, trained students to duel in Florida's Panhandle, placed Shylock on trial in Orlando, and transformed Gainesville into Puck's magical forest.This guide for teachers and lovers of literature and theater is an original collection of essays exploring the idea that Shakespeare's plays are best approached playfully through performance. Based on their wide-ranging experience as theater professionals and teachers in Florida, New York, London, and Stratford, the authors celebrate Shakespeare's continuing appeal to our complex, diverse culture.The essays include reflections on acting by the Royal Shakespeare Company's longest-serving member. And there's practical advice on acting; directing; staging fights; designing costumes; and integrating music, dance, masks, and puppets into performances from teachers and others who have refined their methods by performing Shakespeare in the c... [Read More]

From executive producer Sam Mendes (Skyfall, American Beauty) comes a stunning adaptation of four of Shakespeare’s most celebrated history plays: Richard II, Henry IV (Part 1 and Part 2), and Henry V. Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons (The Borgias), Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers), and Ben Whishaw (Skyfall) in his award-winning role as Richard II star in this epic tale of three kings, their battle for survival, and the rise and fall of a dynasty.

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