This handsome deluxe slip-case edition of Shakespeare's Tragedies features four of the most important plays ever written, each one a masterpiece in human psychology, with a flawed yet fascinating main character at its heart.
Macbeth: a study in overweening pride, driven to commit regicide and ultimately to despotism by an ambitious, scheming wife.
Othello: an outwardly strong man, a leader, brought to self-destruction by a series of lies cunningly orchestrated by a trusted confidant.
King Lear: one of literature's most complex characters, his contradictions are laid bare with forensic detail.
Hamlet: a prince full of faults and yet, as with Lear, we feel his pain and his dilemmas. Inside the full-color, attractive slipcase, the book features gold lettering embossed on the dark cloth cover for a classic look and feel. Includes the complete text of the plays and respective character lists, and several illustrations taken from the 1833 edition of The Plays and Poems of Shakespeare - drawings based on plates from the Boydell series of artworks that have been beloved classics since first published in the 1750s. A one-of-a-kind collector's edition that will make a stunning gift for any lover of the works of William Shakespeare.
Author Biography
William Shakespeare is perhaps the world's greatest literary figure, famed for his insights into the human condition and yet very little is actually known about his life. Records show that he was baptised at Stratford-upon-Avon during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I in 1564. He married Anne Hathaway at the age of 18 and had three children with her. At some point he went to London and found his way into the theatrical profession, as an actor, playwright, poet and, latterly, theatre manager and impresario. Shakespeare's various enterprises brought him wealth, and he used his money to secure his family's position, acquiring property in London as well as back home in Stratford. He died in April 1616, aged 52. The body of work left by Shakespeare included 37 plays, four poems, and a collection of sonnets.
