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Othello en King Lear - vertaald en van commentaar voorzien door H.J. de Roy van Zuydewijn
Deze vertalingen van Othello en Koning Lear verschijnen in één band en zijn voorzien van een uitvoerig notenapparaat. Naast de grote helderheid die de vertalingen kenmerkt, werpen de noten licht op een groot aantal feitelijke, thematische, taalkundige en dramatische achtergronden en op passages die door hun cryptische formulering niet altijd gemakkelijk te duiden zijn. Daarmee maakt de Roy van Zuydewijn Shakespeares toneelstukken op ongekende wijze toegankelijk voor een hedendaags Nederlands lezerspubliek.
Elders gelezen recensie door Drs. Madelon de Swart:
"In de eerste van deze twee tragedies heeft de moor Othello carrière gemaakt in het leger van Venetië en trouwt met de dochter van een senator. Maar zijn vaandrig Jago is jaloers op zijn succes en verzint dat Desdemona verliefd is op Othello’s luitenant Cassio. De onzekere Othello gelooft dat en wurgt haar later.
In ‘Koning Lear’ wil de oude koning Brittannië verdelen onder zijn drie dochters, waarbij hun liefde voor hem bepalend is. Hij gelooft de onoprechte liefdesbetuigingen van de twee oudsten en zij krijgen elk de helft. De jongste, Cordelia is eerlijk, toont geen valse liefde en krijgt niets, maar is later het enige kind dat Lear helpt als hij bedreigd wordt.
De uitstekende vertaling, sluitstuk van de Shakespeare-vertalingen van de winnaar van de Martinus Nijhoffprijs 2002, is helder, poëtisch en eigentijds, met een goed en heel informatief notenapparaat."
Elders gelezen recensie door Drs. Madelon de Swart:
"In de eerste van deze twee tragedies heeft de moor Othello carrière gemaakt in het leger van Venetië en trouwt met de dochter van een senator. Maar zijn vaandrig Jago is jaloers op zijn succes en verzint dat Desdemona verliefd is op Othello’s luitenant Cassio. De onzekere Othello gelooft dat en wurgt haar later.
In ‘Koning Lear’ wil de oude koning Brittannië verdelen onder zijn drie dochters, waarbij hun liefde voor hem bepalend is. Hij gelooft de onoprechte liefdesbetuigingen van de twee oudsten en zij krijgen elk de helft. De jongste, Cordelia is eerlijk, toont geen valse liefde en krijgt niets, maar is later het enige kind dat Lear helpt als hij bedreigd wordt.
De uitstekende vertaling, sluitstuk van de Shakespeare-vertalingen van de winnaar van de Martinus Nijhoffprijs 2002, is helder, poëtisch en eigentijds, met een goed en heel informatief notenapparaat."
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Published September 17, 2013
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William Shakespeare
27.7k books47.1k followersWilliam Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard"). His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted.
Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Sometime between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner ("sharer") of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men after the ascension of King James VI and I of Scotland to the English throne. At age 49 (around 1613), he appears to have retired to Stratford, where he died three years later. Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive; this has stimulated considerable speculation about such matters as his physical appearance, his sexuality, his religious beliefs, and even certain fringe theories as to whether the works attributed to him were written by others.
Shakespeare produced most of his known works between 1589 and 1613. His early plays were primarily comedies and histories and are regarded as some of the best works produced in these genres. He then wrote mainly tragedies until 1608, among them Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth, all considered to be among the finest works in the English language. In the last phase of his life, he wrote tragicomedies (also known as romances) and collaborated with other playwrights.
Many of Shakespeare's plays were published in editions of varying quality and accuracy during his lifetime. However, in 1623, John Heminge and Henry Condell, two fellow actors and friends of Shakespeare's, published a more definitive text known as the First Folio, a posthumous collected edition of Shakespeare's dramatic works that includes 36 of his plays. Its Preface was a prescient poem by Ben Jonson, a former rival of Shakespeare, that hailed Shakespeare with the now famous epithet: "not of an age, but for all time".
Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Sometime between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner ("sharer") of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men after the ascension of King James VI and I of Scotland to the English throne. At age 49 (around 1613), he appears to have retired to Stratford, where he died three years later. Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive; this has stimulated considerable speculation about such matters as his physical appearance, his sexuality, his religious beliefs, and even certain fringe theories as to whether the works attributed to him were written by others.
Shakespeare produced most of his known works between 1589 and 1613. His early plays were primarily comedies and histories and are regarded as some of the best works produced in these genres. He then wrote mainly tragedies until 1608, among them Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth, all considered to be among the finest works in the English language. In the last phase of his life, he wrote tragicomedies (also known as romances) and collaborated with other playwrights.
Many of Shakespeare's plays were published in editions of varying quality and accuracy during his lifetime. However, in 1623, John Heminge and Henry Condell, two fellow actors and friends of Shakespeare's, published a more definitive text known as the First Folio, a posthumous collected edition of Shakespeare's dramatic works that includes 36 of his plays. Its Preface was a prescient poem by Ben Jonson, a former rival of Shakespeare, that hailed Shakespeare with the now famous epithet: "not of an age, but for all time".
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