The greatest tragic plays of William Shakespeare including Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth.
Four Great Tragedies: Hamlet; Macbeth; King Lear; Othello《莎士比亞四大悲劇：哈姆雷特/奧賽羅/李爾王/麥克白》收錄了戲劇界最為經典的四個悲劇作品，均創作于莎士比亞的時期。一經發表便被翻譯成各種語言，被全世界的戲劇迷奉為至寶。同時，莎翁的戲劇也是英語戲劇語言文學的較高代表，十分適合喜歡英語閱讀或者希望提高英語學習成效的讀者。
推薦理由：
1.集合了莎士比亞的經典悲劇作品，方便文學愛好者閱讀與對比；
2.各大名人、高校推薦閱讀書單中必有的作品；
3.注解清晰完整，便于讀者對于古英語形式的理解；
4.印刷清晰，體積輕巧，方便攜帶。
What is tragedy? The Elizabethans defined it as a “lofty” play showing “personages of great state” caught up in a “lamentable” action that “beginneth prosperously and endeth unfortunately.” Whether judged by this or any other standard, the plays selected for this collection are considered to be the four central works of Shakespearean tragedy and must be included in any list of the world’s finest tragic literature.
Reliable texts by noted Shakespeare scholars
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Updated bibliography
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.
In any place, but I will visit thee
With ghastly looks, and put into thy mind
The great offences which thou didst to me:
When thou art at thy table with thy friends,
Merry in heart, and filled with swelling wine,
I’ll come in midst of all thy pride and mirth,
Invisible to all men but thyself,
And whisper such a sad tale in thine ear
Shall make thee let the cup fall from thy hand,
And stand as mute and pale as death itself.
——Macbeth
