As You Like It (The Unabridged Play) + The Classic Biography: The Life of William Shakespeare
Exil, amour et travestissement : As You Like It vous plonge dans la forêt d’Arden, où Rosalind, déguisée en homme, orchestre une comédie des sentiments.
As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published in 1623. Daughter of a banished duke and forced to flee the court, Rosalind hides in the Forest of Arden disguised as a man. When her true love Orlando also shows up in the forest, she courts him without revealing her identity. Meanwhile, Phebe mistakenly falls in love with her disguise, Silvius pines for Phebe, Jacques philosophizes, and Touchstone makes fun of it all, and love and happiness triumph as Rosalind orchestrates a happy ending amid the confusion.
Life of William Shakespeare is a biography of William Shakespeare by the eminent critic Sidney Lee. This book was one of the first major biographies of the Bard of Avon. It was published in 1898, based on the article contributed to the Dictionary of National Biography.
William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, the authorship of some of which is uncertain.
Sir Sidney Lee (1859 - 1926) was an English biographer and critic. He was a lifelong scholar and enthusiast of Shakespeare. His article on Shakespeare in the fifty-first volume of the Dictionary of National Biography formed the basis of his Life of William Shakespeare. This full-length life is often credited as the first modern biography of the poet.
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Ce livre rassemble deux figures majeures de la littérature anglaise : William Shakespeare, dramaturge génial dont l’œuvre traverse les siècles, et Sidney Lee, biographe rigoureux dont la vie de Shakespeare reste une référence. Leur collaboration posthume, à travers cette édition enrichie, offre une plongée unique dans l’univers théâtral et la vie du Barde, mêlant comédie intemporelle et analyse historique.
Sidney Lee
Sidney Lee (1859–1926) était un biographe et critique anglais, spécialiste de Shakespeare. Son article dans le Dictionary of National Biography a servi de base à The Life of William Shakespeare, publiée en 1898 et saluée comme la première biographie moderne du poète. Lee y combine rigueur historique et passion littéraire, offrant un portrait complet de l’homme et de son époque. Son travail reste une référence pour les études shakespeariennes.
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As You Like It est une autre Nef des fous. À son bord ont embarqué Pierre de Touche, Jacques, Orlando... Une belle occasion de retrouver le maître.
La comédie pastorale préférée de Shakespeare regorge de spirit et de poésie, avec le célèbre monologue ‘All the world’s a stage’ qui résume à lui seul le génie du Barde.
As You Like It est une comédie en cinq actes, écrite et jouée vers 1598–1600, considérée comme l’une des ‘grandes comédies’ de Shakespeare. La pièce, basée sur un roman de Thomas Lodge, mêle avec brio intrigue amoureuse, exil, et réflexion sur la nature humaine.