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Zusatztext Praise for William Shakespeare: Complete Works “Remarkable . . . makes Shakespeare’s extraordinary accomplishment more vivid than ever.”—James Shapiro! professor! Columbia University! bestselling author of A Year in the Life of Shakespeare: 1599 “A feast of literary and historical information.”— The Wall Street Journal Informationen zum Autor William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was a poet, playwright, and actor who is widely regarded as one of the most influential writers in the history of the English language. Often referred to as the Bard of Avon, Shakespeare's vast body of work includes comedic, tragic, and historical plays; poems; and 154 sonnets. His dramatic works have been translated into every major language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Jonathan Bate is a professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance literature at the University of Warwick. Widely known as a critic, award-winning biographer, and broadcaster, Bate is the author of several books on Shakespeare. He is also the principal editor of the Modern Library's and Royal Shakespeare Company's highly acclaimed William Shakespeare: Complete Works. Eric Rasmussen , a professor of English at the University of Nevada, is one of today's leading textual experts on Shakespeare. Klappentext New Shakespeare, long since out-of-print, is now reissued. Each work contains a lengthy and lively introduction, main text, and substantial notes and glossary. Act 1 Scene 1 running scene 1 Enter Justice SHALLOW, SLENDER [and] Sir Hugh EVANS SHALLOW Sir Hugh, persuade me not. I will make a Star Chamber matter of it. If he were twenty Sir John Falstaffs, he shall not abuse Robert SHALLOW, esquire. SLENDER In the county of Gloucester, Justice of Peace and Coram. SHALLOW Ay, cousin SLENDER, and Custalorum. SLENDER Ay, and Rato-lorum too; and a gentleman born, master parson, who writes himself Armigero in any bill, warrant, quittance or obligation, Armigero. SHALLOW Ay, that I do, and have done any time these three hundred years. SLENDER All his successors - gone before him - hath done´t, and all his ancestors - that come after him - may. They may give the dozen white luces in their coat. SHALLOW It is an old coat. EVANS The dozen white louses do become an old coat well. It agrees well passant. It is a familiar beast to man, and signifies love. SHALLOW The luce is the fresh fish. The salt fish is an old coat. SLENDER I may quarter, coz. SHALLOW You may, by marrying. EVANS It is marring indeed, if he quarter it. SHALLOW Not a whit. EVANS Yes, py´r lady: if he has a quarter of your coat, there is but three skirts for yourself, in my simple conjectures. But that is all one: if Sir John Falstaff have committed disparagements unto you, I am of the church, and will be glad to do my benevolence, to make atonements and compromises between you. SHALLOW The Council shall hear it, it is a riot. EVANS It is not meet the Council hear a riot: there is no fear of Got in a riot. The Council, look you, shall desire to hear the fear of Got, and not to hear a riot. Take your vizaments in that. SHALLOW Ha, o´my life, if I were young again, the sword should end it. EVANS It is petter that friends is the sword, and end it. And there is also another device in my prain, which peradventure prings goot discretions with it. There is Anne Page, which is daughter to Master Thomas Page, which is pretty virginity. SLENDER Mistress Anne Page? She has brown hair, and speaks small like a woman. EVANS It is that fery person for all the ´orld, as just as you will desire, and seven hundred pounds of moneys, and gold and silver, is her grandsire upon his death´s-bed - Got deliver to a joyful resurrections! - give, when she is able to overtake seventeen years old....
