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  • Return to the Earth
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    There are numerous townsites in western Kansas where people tried to build a settlement. They trusted in the land, in themselves, in their children, and in the future. One of the sites was Cordia. ...
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  • Hst
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    When I was a boy in Missouri, I could have visited President Truman as Independence was only a few dozen miles from Utica. Yet the thought never occurred to me. Thus, the tribute is based on what might have been.I have few positive memories of Initiation, however. ...
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    12,91 €

  • The Complete First Part of Henry VI
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    One recurrent criticism of the First Part of HVI is its cavalier disregard for chronology and historical events. However, Lawrence V. Ryan argues that the “disjointing of time . . . enables him [Shakespeare] to achieve striking dramatic and didactic effects” (xxx). Thus, one is enjoined to remember Coleridge’s admonition to suspend disbelief. Ryan argues that 1HVI is “by no mea...
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    16,02 €

  • The Complete Timon of Athens
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    Timon of Athens might be regarded as the ancestor of Moliere’s Les Misanthrope—in that Alceste seems to embody all the negativity of Timon. Timon also illustrates the error of equating friendship with finances. “He finds that his idealization of friendship has been an illusion” (Mowat, xiv). “He is, thus, a man ‘nobly but unwisely generous’” (Hinman, 17). “The play, itself, is ...
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    24,50 €

  • Approaching Alzheimer’s
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    Alzheimer’s continues to be of concern to those of us who are aging. As the disease cannot be prevented, cured, or slowed, it remains one of the leading causes of death. Thus, how one deals with it becomes a measure of personality and character. Perhaps this is what Ernest Hemingway was getting at when he talked of performing with grace under pressure. ...
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    16,56 €

  • The Complete Troilus and Cressida
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    Troilus and Cressida retells the epic story of the Iliad, but with an altered focus.The tale of these lovers (and Pandarus) was told earlier by both Homer and Geoffrey Chaucer. In Shakespeare, however, the epic proportions are reduced to the quotidian details of human passion, including quarrels and misunderstandings, which reduce the protagonists to a pitying level, including ...
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    24,12 €

  • The Complete Henry the Eighth
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    Despite its title, Henry the Eighth deals with three other, more important stories: the fall of Cardinal Wolsey, the fall of Queen Katherine, and the raising of Anne Bullen (Boleyn). For Elizabethans, the culmination of the play was, of course, the birth of Elizabeth, heralding their queen and her successor, James. Full treatment of Henry VIII would have to be dealt with by his...
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    24,39 €

  • Behold the Sun
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    The Western has become an archetype for the founding of a great portion of the United States. The behavior of the men and women who pioneered the great, vast prairies of the land west of the Mississippi set standards which continue today. Living on the outskirts of formal settlements, they governed their lives and their children’s lives with a code that lives on today, irrespec...
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    16,59 €

  • The Complete Love’s Labors Lost
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    Love’s Labors Lost is 'widely considered Shakespeare’s most intellectually challenging comedy' (Bate, back cover). From its extensive wordplay to the plot machinations, a reader (viewer) is continuously challenged. The recurrent bawdy is another factor that forces one to pay close attention. Thus, the play can be quite satisfying. However, it can become tiresome too, especially...
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    23,12 €

  • The Complete All’s Well That Ends Well
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    The plot of All’s Well That Ends Well is illustrated by what one character says (III.66), 'The web of our life is a tangled yarn.' Through all of the twists and machinations, justice triumphs, and loyalty is rewarded. The play is challenging, however, because of the somewhat inconsistent direction; it has been called a problem play. As Bevington states, 'The web of human life r...
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    23,16 €

  • The Complete As You Like It
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    As You Like It could be termed the archetypal Shakespearean romantic comedy: the lovers retreat to the Forest of Arden, where all their problems are resolved satisfactorily, and all ends in marriage (four marriages, in fact). However, the romance of the play is ameliorated somewhat by the pragmatism of Rosalind who says, 'Men have died from time to / time and worms have eaten t...
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    23,13 €

  • Covered with Darkness
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    I do not know how Covered with Darkness came about. The process of creativity is still a mystery to me, even as I try to teach it, and this is especially true for everything that I write. There is some indefinable, inexpressible something that operates in the brain that I cannot analyze, which I simply try to appreciate and use. When it works, I give thanks to the powers that b...
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    17,70 €

  • The Complete Richard II
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    Richard the Second is essentially weak and vacillating. Self-indulgent and prodigal, he appears to be a natural candidate for overthrow by his cousin, Henry Bolingbroke. He is a man who enjoys the trappings of being king but fails to measure up to the responsibilities. Self-pitying and duplicitous, perhaps he deserves the reader’s pity-but he doesn’t elicit pity from his subjec...
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    19,71 €

  • The Complete Two Gentlemen of Verona
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    The Two Gentlemen of Verona doesn’t enjoy a high reputation among Shakespeareans. As an early comedy, it suffers from internal inconsistencies and a questionable resolution. However, having produced and directed a radio version of the play (for WSUI in Iowa City, Iowa), I have partial feelings for the work. Thus, I ask that the play be taken for what it is: somewhat flawed but ...
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    19,70 €

  • The Tragedy of Richard the Third
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    The Tragedy of Richard the Third presents the tale of a Machiavellian: Richard the Third, the archetypal villain. The Elizabethan audience would already have been biased against Richard, and modern audiences probably do not feel empathy for him either. From his wooing of Anne to the continued execution of his apparent enemies, there is little sympathy for this ?bunch-back?d toa...
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    27,60 €

  • The Life of Henry V
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    The Life of Henry V continues the epic story of Richard II; Henry IV, Part One; and Henry IV, Part Two. In the Life of Henry V, Prince Hal has matured and left behind the carefree days of his youth, divorcing himself from Falstaff and his ilk and assuming the leadership of England following the death of his fa-ther. He is revealed as a serious candidate for rulership, someone w...
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    22,99 €

  • The Complete Henry IV, Part Two
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    Henry IV, Part Two as a sequel to or continuation of Henry IV, Part One is disappointing. The resolution of the uprising is anticlimactic, and the Falstaff scenes are not comparable to those of Part One. The bawdy is substantially increased with, unfortunately, a lessening of the actual comedy. Falstaff lovers probably are not disappointed, but those of us with higher expectati...
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    22,98 €

  • The Complete Comedy of Errors
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    Perhaps the most comedic of all the Shakespeare plays, The Comedy of Errors, verges on farce with its confused identities, slapstick violence, and confused intentions. This play vociferously demands Coleridge’s “willing suspension of disbelief.” As comedy, it resists analysis beyond its structure. Perhaps Mark Twain’s admonition preceding The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is r...
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    19,87 €

  • The Complete Antony and Cleopatra
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    Like Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra is an archetypal love story but of more mature lovers. However, the play isn’t only that; it is also an epic rife with political machinations. In addition it is a character study, revealing Antony beset by very human emotions and a tragic weakness, and Cleopatra, as a self-deluding, aging siren. Of course Antony pays for his weakness ...
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    27,56 €

  • The Complete Henry IV, Part One
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    Henry IV, Part One is a rich play: rich in drama and intrigue, political machinations, and comedy. Not only does Prince Harry (Hal) redeem himself in his father’s eyes, he also satisfies audience expectations. One important sub-plot running throughout the play is the questionable ascension of Henry IV to the throne. Additionally, one cannot ignore the comparison between Prince ...
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    22,95 €

  • The Complete Othello
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    It is probably natural that a reader feel sympathy for Desdemona; falsely accused, she suffers some of the most offensive name-calling in all of Shakespeare. But it is also appropriate to sympathize with Othello. He becomes malleable in the hands of Iago who molds him to his own vindictive purpose, never disclosing his reasons. Additionally, one should admire Emilia who is trul...
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    27,55 €

  • The Complete Tempest
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    In only two plays-The Comedy of Errors and The Tempest--does Shakespeare observe the unities of time, action, and place. While these apparent constraints seem to restrict the playwright, they also demonstrate an artistry that transcends the apparent restrictions, especially in The Tempest. The added themes of justice satisfied and of young love realized make for a satisfying ...
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    23,26 €

  • The Complete Taming of the Shrew
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    To a contemporary feminist, The Taming of the Shrew is surely anathema. A strong woman is shown to be easily manipulated and ends up subjugated by a somewhat insensitive and boorish man. Yet, despite the real objections, the play has been popular for centuries in itself, in adaptations (Tamed and How, or The Push), and a wildly popular musical (Kiss Me, Kate). Thus, one may be ...
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    23,21 €

  • Just a Song at Twilight
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    Like many writers, I suppose I have an idealized picture of the past, of my youth, when everything was green and golden and all the calves sang to my huntsman’s horn. All the potential was ours, all that mattered was the immediate present, and the future belonged to some non-threatening, never-to-be-achieved time when we might--God forfend--actually get older. So here it is--my...
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    27,60 €

  • The Complete Much ADO about Nothing
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    Much Ado About Nothing is a delightful play which pits two intelligent, thinking people against each other, both of whom protest against love (and each other), but who finally come to embrace the other both literally and emotionally. The contretemps between Beatrice and Benedick is emotionally and intellectually satisfying, partially because the audience is included on the joke...
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    23,07 €

  • The Complete Midsummer Night’s Dream
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a delightful excursion into Shakespeare’s fantasy world. With something for everyone, including the courtly world of Theseus and the lovers Hermia, Helena, Lysander, and Demetrius; the fairy world of Oberon, Titania, and Puck; and the burlesque comedy of Bottom and the other craftsmen, the play offers divertissement to every playgoer. There is littl...
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    19,79 €

  • The Complete Julius Caesar
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    Of the five major Shakespearean tragedies-Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, and Othello-King Lear is perhaps the most challenging. Issues of rulership, family and blood, are overlaid with bastardy, loyalty, lust, and deceit. Add to this the apparently gratuitous on-stage blinding of Gloucester, the deaths of Cordelia, Lear, Gloucester, and Kent, and one might be inc...
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    23,26 €

  • The Complete King Lear
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    Of the five major Shakespearean tragedies-Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet,King Lear, and Othello-King Lear is perhaps the most challenging. Issues of rulership, family and blood, are overlaid with bastardy, loyalty, lust, and deceit. Add to this the apparently gratuitous on-stage blinding of Gloucester, the deaths of Cordelia, Lear, Gloucester, and Kent, and one might be incl...
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    27,62 €

  • The Complete Romeo and Juliet
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    Among teenagers Romeo and Juliet appears to be the most popular of the Shakespeare tragedies. Perhaps this is because of the age of the protagonists. I suspect it is something far deeper than that, however. The depth of passion evinced by both Romeo and Juliet is familiar to most adolescents, and their isolation from the world of adults is also recognized by contemporary tee...
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    27,68 €

  • The Complete Macbeth
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    Of the five major Shakespearean tragedies-Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet,King Lear, and Othello-Macbeth is in some ways the most accessible. For oneit is the shortest. For another the witches continue to attract audiences just asthey did during Elizabethan times. In addition he cinematographic approach of the lastact-cutting easily from scene to scene-works as well as it did...
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    19,75 €


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