Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Additionally, Shakespeare probably took the information regarding the Turkish invasion of Cyprus (found in 1.3, 2.1 and 2.2) from Richard Knolles's General History of the Turks, which contains an epistle dated 30 September 1603. Specifically, he may have got the name Signor Angelo, mentioned in the sailor's report (1.3.16), from Angelus ...
The main source is the chronology provided by the International Shaw Society. [1] Items not covered by the chronology are separately cited. Items marked ‡ are works published anonymously by or for the Fabian Society , where Shaw's authorship was later confirmed by the Society.
Pages in category "Plays and musicals based on works by William Shakespeare" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The first page of The Famous Hiſtory of the Life of King Henry Eight, printed in the Second Folio of 1632. The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth, often shortened to Henry VIII, is a collaborative history play, written by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, based on the life of Henry VIII. [1]
The source for most of the English history plays, as well as for Macbeth and King Lear, is the well-known Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles of English history. The source for the Roman history plays is Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Compared Together, in the translation made by Sir Thomas North in 1579. Shakespeare's historical ...
ɪ l ʌ s /) [1] [2]), is a play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1602. At Troy during the Trojan War, Troilus and Cressida begin a love affair. Cressida is forced to leave Troy to join her father in the Greek camp. Meanwhile, the Greeks endeavour to lessen the pride of Achilles. The tone alternates between bawdy comedy and tragic gloom.
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
Shakespearean problem plays (2 C, 7 P) T. Shakespearean tragedies (9 C, 13 P) Pages in category "Plays by William Shakespeare" ... Chronology of Shakespeare's plays; H.