Shakespeare's Complete Drama Stories (Vol. 1-10)

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:China Drama Publishing House
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Features: Professor Stanley Wells, Head of the Shakespeare Institute at the University of Birmingham, UK, delivered a preface for this book: William Shakespeare was a great poet and playwright in England four hundred years ago. His plays tell exciting, delightful, and inspiring stories. We hope you will enjoy the stories collected in this book and that they will encourage you to read the original plays and watch their performances. (Translated by Zheng Tusheng) Chen Xiangmei, a world-renowned woman, wrote a congratulatory letter for the book: Shakespeare is a great playwright celebrated through the ages. His works can be passed down to the world because his words resonate with readers, making us cry, laugh, marvel, and appreciate Shakespeare's stories once again. May the compilation be successful. (Translated by Zheng Tusheng) Tu An, a famous Chinese literary figure, delivered a speech for the book: Love will never yield to the fleeting passage of time, even as it approaches the brink of destruction. (Recorded by Tu An of Shakespeare's lines) Darryl Palmer and Zhou Yubei, the two chairs of the 1998 annual meeting of the American Shakespeare Association's "Shakespeare and China" seminar, wrote a letter: Shakespeare belongs not only to the British but to the world. This book gives young readers the opportunity to appreciate the stories of Shakespeare's plays, which represent the tradition of Western culture. This great genius used these stories to create plays that reflect the entire society. In this book, readers of all ages will find him to be both a playwright and a cultural messenger. (Translated by Zheng Tusheng) Lena Korn Olkin, the executive director of the American Shakespeare Association, delivered a congratulatory speech: The stories told in William Shakespeare's plays transcend time and cross the seas. This book introduces his plays to Chinese readers, and we feel deeply honored. Our two peoples share a love for great literature; to share Shakespeare with you is a source of happiness. (Translated by Zheng Tusheng) Roger Pringel, the Secretary-General of the International Shakespeare Association, wrote a message: For Shakespeare, the world is a stage, and China is no exception. In recent years, there has been a "Shakespeare fever" in China in both research and performances. This book is one of the products of this ever-intensifying trend. It is an introduction to Shakespeare's play stories for young Chinese people; some of these stories are among the world's most famous. I believe readers will benefit greatly from it, and I am also confident that this book will increase Shakespeare's appeal to the Chinese public. (Translated by Zheng Tusheng) Zheng Tusheng, a famous Shakespeare scholar at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Xian Ning, Li Zhaoxing, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and others spent four years compiling and translating the original works of Shakespeare, taking into account the differences in social life between China and the world, strictly adhering to the original text, and creating play stories that are more accessible to readers of all kinds. The book fullys the content of Shakespeare's plays. The Chinese-English parallel edition adopts the authoritative original English version, corresponding to the sole authorized version of Zhu Shenghao's translation of Shakespeare's complete works in China, making it more spacious and easier to read for all readers. Over 2,000 classic paintings from the European Renaissance are selected in the text, complementing the Chinese-English parallel edition and comprehensively showcasing the social customs of Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries.