William Shakespeare

Henri V William Shakespeare

Brief Description: "The version of Henry V and the corresponding footnotes that appear in this volume were originally published in 'William Shakespeare: complete works, ' edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen, published in 2007 by Modern Library, ... a division of Random House, Inc."--T.p. verso. Biographical Note: Propeller is an all-male Shakespeare company which mixes a rigorous approach to the text with a modern physical aesthetic. We look for as many ways as possible to inform the physical life of the production with the poetry of the text, and we give as much control as possible to the actor in telling the story. The company is as all companies should be: defined by the people in it. Over the last fifteen years, Propeller has performed Shakespeare in over twenty two countries. In 2011 Propeller reached nearly one hundred thousand people worldwide. Publisher Marketing: Each title in the 'Propeller Shakespeare' series includes the Propeller edit of the text, accompanied by an introduction to the text and Propeller's process, with articles on notable features specific to each production, e.g. use of music, design, and costume. Thrilling and deeply moving, "Henry V" is one of the greatest tales in English folklore about a British warrior.

Contributor Bio:  Shakespeare, William Arguably the greatest English-language playwright, William Shakespeare was a seventeenth-century writer and dramatist, and is known as the "Bard of Avon." Under the patronage of Queen Elizabeth I, he penned more than 30 plays, 154 sonnets, and numerous narrative poems and short verses. Equally accomplished in histories, tragedies, comedy, and romance, Shakespeare's most famous works include Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, The Taming of the Shrew, and As You Like It. Like many of his contemporaries, including Christopher Marlowe, Shakespeare began his career on the stage, eventually rising to become part-owner of Lord Chamberlain's Men, a popular dramatic company of his day, and of the storied Globe Theatre in London. Extremely popular in his lifetime, Shakespeare's works continue to resonate more than three hundred years after his death. His plays are performed more often than any other playwright's, have been translated into every major language in the world, and are studied widely by scholars and students. Contributor Bio:  Guizot, Francois Pierre Guilaume Francois Guizot, pour l'etat civil Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot, ne le 4 octobre 1787 a Nimes, mort le 12 septembre 1874 a Saint-Ouen-le-Pin (Calvados), est un historien et homme politique francais, membre de l'Academie francaise a partir de 1836, plusieurs fois ministre sous la Monarchie de Juillet, en particulier des Affaires etrangeres de 1840 a 1848, devenant president du Conseil en 1847, peu avant d'etre renverse par la revolution de fevrier 1848. Il a aussi joue un role important dans l'histoire de l'ecole en France, en tant que ministre de l'Instruction publique, par la loi de 1833, demandant la creation d'une ecole primaire par commune et d'une ecole normale par departement. William Shakespeare, ne probablement le 23 avril 1564 a Stratford-upon-Avon et mort le 23 avril 1616 dans la meme ville, est considere comme l'un des plus grands poetes, dramaturges et ecrivains de la culture anglaise. Il est repute pour sa maitrise des formes poetiques et litteraires, ainsi que sa capacite a representer les aspects de la nature humaine. Figure eminente de la culture occidentale, Shakespeare continue d'influencer les artistes d'aujourd'hui. Il est traduit dans un grand nombre de langues et, selon l'Index Translationum, avec un total de 4 281 traductions, il vient au troisieme rang des auteurs les plus traduits en langue etrangere apres Agatha Christie et Jules Verne. Ses pieces sont regulierement jouees partout dans le monde. Shakespeare est l'un des rares dramaturges a avoir pratique aussi bien la comedie que la tragedie. Shakespeare ecrivit trente-sept uvres dramatiques, entre les annees 1580 et 1613. Mais la chronologie exacte de ses pieces est encore discutee. Cependant, le volume de ses creations n'apparait pas comme exceptionnel en regard de criteres de l'epoque. On mesure l'influence de Shakespeare sur la culture anglo-saxonne en observant les nombreuses references qui lui sont faites, que ce soit a travers des citations, des titres d' uvres ou les innombrables adaptations de ses uvres. L'anglais est d'ailleurs souvent surnomme la langue de Shakespeare tant cet auteur a marque la langue de son pays en inventant de nombreux termes et expressions. Certaines citations d'ailleurs sont passees telles quelles dans le langage courant.