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[Full-Cast Audio Theater Dramatization. Lear is played by Trevor Peacock and Gloucester by Clive Merrison. Penny Downie is Goneril, Samantha Bond is Regan, and Julia Ford is Cordelia. Edgar is played by David Tennant, Edmund by Gerard Murphy, and the Fool by John Rogan.
This shattering drama of isolation and loss is one of the greatest tragedies in world literature.
King Lear of Britain has three daughters: the hard-hearted Goneril and Regan, and the good and gentle Cordelia. He determines to divide his kingdom between them, giving the largest share to she who can say she loves him the best. Lear's tragic lack of judgement and self-knowledge is paralleled by the blindness of the loyal Gloucester who is persuaded to reject his virtuous son Edgar in favor of the villainous Edmund.
Review
"Hearing Lear, rather than seeing it, emphasizes the power of Shakespearean language. As the aging king who gives up his throne, Trevor Peacock deteriorates from petulance to madness. Gerard Murphy delivers Edmund's monologue on his bastard condition with masterful control, humanizing evil with an anger born of oversensitivity to injustice. Julia Ford brings a gentle strength to Cordelia; her voice alone is enough to convince that she is virtuous but not weaker for it."
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“莎士比亚全集·英汉双语本”系列书由英国皇家莎士比亚剧团和外语教学与研究出版社合作推出，根据皇家版《莎士比亚全集》翻译而成，英汉对照。
《李尔王》讲述听信两个大女儿阿谀奉承的李尔王将自己的国土分给她们，却赶走讲真话的小女儿，最终酿成了悲剧。

“莎士比亚全集·英汉双语本”系列书由英国皇家莎士比亚剧团和外语教学与研究出版社合作推出，根据皇家版《莎士比亚全集》翻译而成，英汉对照。
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“莎士比亚全集·英汉双语本”系列书由英国皇家莎士比亚剧团和外语教学与研究出版社合作推出，根据皇家版《莎士比亚全集》翻译而成，英汉对照。《威尼斯商人》塑造了夏洛克这一唯利是图、冷酷无情的高利贷者的典型形象，反映了资本主义早期商业资产阶级与高利贷者之间的矛盾，表现了作者对资产阶级社会中金钱、法律和宗教等问题的人文主义思想。

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The monstrous power of one of Shakespeare's most memorable characters, Richard Plantagenet, emerges in Henry VI, Part 3, a portent of things to come.
The Yorkists have been temporarily victorious and the Duke of York has assumed the throne, but the Lancastrians, led by Queen Margaret, counter-attack. As the fortunes of war shift, both the innocent and the guilty are swept up in the maelstrom. And increasingly dominant amid the chaos is the sinister figure of the crook-backed Richard, Duke of Gloucester.
David Tennant plays Henry VI, and Kelly Hunter plays Queen Margaret. Clive Merrison is the Duke of York, Stephen Boxer is Edward IV, and John Bowe is Warwick. Richard of Gloucester is played by David Troughton.

《亨利六世（下）》为“莎士比亚全集·英汉双语本”系列中的一本，由英国皇家莎士比亚剧团和外语教学与研究出版社合作推出，根据皇家版《莎士比亚全集》翻译而成，英汉对照，概述了亨利六世34岁到50岁年间的英国历史。由于国王懦弱无能，王室家族之间的玫瑰战争继续进行，两派互有胜负，人民痛苦不堪。

The all-conquering King Henry V is dead and the throne is occupied by his infant son, Henry VI. The good Duke Humphrey of Gloucester has been appointed protector, but a struggle for power soon develops between the young king's Lancastrian relatives and the powerful house of York under Richard Plantagenet. Meanwhile the French, led by Joan of Arc, the maid of Orleans, threaten to win back the territories lost to Henry V.

莎士比亚全集·英汉双语本”系列书由英国皇家莎士比亚剧团和外语教学与研究出版社合作推出，根据皇家版《莎士比亚全集》翻译而成，英汉对照。《尤力乌斯?凯撒》讲述公元前44年一众罗马元老密谋并成功刺杀独裁官凯撒，以及密谋者在菲利皮覆灭的经过。

David Tennant stars as Malvolio in Shakespeare's comedy of disguise, madness and love.One of Shakespeare's happiest plays, Twelfth Night is both a comedy of misrule and a trenchant attack on puritanism. Disguise and deceit leads to misadventure, madness and mistaken love. Orsino loves Olivia, but she loves Cesario, who really does love Orsino (for Cesario is actually Viola). But Malvolio believes his mistress, Olivia, loves him, as he is a victim of a trick played on him by those who would make him mad. Naomi Frederick and Paul Ready are Viola and Orsino in his sparkling BBC Radio 3 production.

塞巴斯蒂安和维奥拉（塔马拉·劳伦斯 Tamara Lawrance 饰）是情同手足的双胞胎兄妹，彼此之间感情非常的亲密。在一场海难中，他们不幸成为了遇难者，幸存的维奥拉和哥哥失散了，她以为哥哥已经死亡，于是隐藏起悲痛，女扮男装化名西萨里奥，来到了奥西诺公爵（奥利弗·克里斯 Oliver Chris 饰）的门下请求庇护。
奥西诺公爵深爱着美丽的奥利维亚小姐（菲比·福克斯 Phoebe Fox 饰），他派出维奥拉前去向奥利维亚小姐求婚，哪知道奥利维亚小姐竟然爱上了维奥拉。更滑稽的是，维奥拉早已经将芳心暗许给了奥西诺公爵。就在三人的关系纠缠不清的这个节骨眼，塞巴斯蒂安以海盗的身份再度出现在了维奥拉的面前。

Romeo and Juliet, the 'star-crossed lovers' of Shakespeare's great romantic tragedy, fascinate audiences the world over in many different guises and adaptations, year after year. This recording, along with Hamlet, launched the Naxos AudioBooks series of complete dramatisations of the works of Shakespeare, in conjunction with Cambridge University Press. Michael Sheen is a passionate, impulsive Romeo and directs this superlative cast, including some of the most of the best known names in the British theatre world. Juliet is played with great charm and sensitivity by Kate Beckinsale, Fiona Shaw is a warmly humorous Nurse and Frances Barber plays an icy Lady Capulet. With its energy, passion and careful direction, this recording is an audio work of art.

BBC Radio has a unique heritage when it comes to Shakespeare. Since 1923, when the newly formed company broadcast its first full-length play, generations of actors and producers have honed and perfected the craft of making Shakespeare to be heard.
In Much Ado, the clarity of radio allows the wonderful verbal sparring between Beatrice and Benedick to sparkle as high comedy and melodrama mix magically in a combination of prose and verse.
Revitalised, original and comprehensive, this is Shakespeare for the new millennium.
©2001 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2001 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

《莎士比亚全集》是1623年，莎士比亚的演员同僚们倾注心血集结出版了历史上第一本，著名的第一对开本，这是300多年来许多导演和演员最为钟爱的莎士比亚文本。三个多世纪以后，应英国皇家莎士比亚剧团的邀约，当今世界最为著名的两位莎学专家。Jonathan Bate 和 Eric Rasmussen 采用最新的研究方法和成果，对第一对开本进行了首次全面修订。谨以这本用莎士比亚手迹作封面背景的全新《莎士比亚全集》献给2l世纪的中国读者。

独家收录59幅1597年原版全彩插画，珍藏于牛津大学博德利图书馆。
朱丽叶为了逃婚服下颠茄，假装死去，她躺在家族墓地里，既怕听到曼德拉草叫声凄厉，又憧憬着罗密欧前来，却不曾想他命丧于乌头草；奥菲利娅借用芸香和紫罗兰，祭奠被情人哈姆莱特误杀的父亲，她用毛茛、荨麻、雏菊和红门兰编织成花环，最终与它一同殒命于水中……在莎士比亚笔下，“石块的冥顽，草木的无知，都含着玄妙的造化生机。莫看那蠢蠢的恶木莠蔓，对世间都有它特殊贡献”。
本书精选莎翁剧作中49种植物，从文学、历史、园艺、烹饪、医学、民俗、语言等多角度写小传，描绘出一幅生动的莎士比亚式花园图景。