Measure for Measure, All's Well That Ends Well, Troilus and Cressida

by William Shakespeare

Book Overview

An exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare with these features: Illustrated with photographs from New York Shakespeare Festival productions, vivid readable readable introductions for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553212877
• ISBN13: 9780553212877
• Release Date: February 1988
• Publisher: Bantam Classics
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.4" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Shakespeare's Problem Plays

These three plays include Measure for Measure which is about a man namedClaudio who is sentenced to die for having sexual relations before Church approval. Isabella, his sister, is pressured to have sex with Angelo, the Duke's Deputy in order to release Claudio. Will it work? Read or see the play in NY.All's Well is about a girl, Helena, who chases a cad named Bertram. Why do Shakespeare's women seek men beneath them?Troilus and Cressida are lovers when Troy and Greece are fighting over Helen. Cressida is ransomed over to the Greeks for a general. Will she remain faithful? Will Troilus get her back? Read this book.These plays introduce ring swapping and the infamous bedroom switcheroo--Who's really having sex with whom?For TROILUS knowledge of Homer's ILLIAD is helpful.