Como Gusteis/Noche De Reyes

by William Shakespeare

248 pages, Paperback

Published June 28, 2002

About the author

William 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".

Reviews

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[Bon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Recuerdo haber visto la película y querer leer la obra de teatro. Esperaba un poco más pero estuvo divertido

[Alejandra Garcia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sobre el libro:
Con el comienzo de la obra en la corte de Orsino, duque de Iliria, se nos proporciona la atmósfera fantástica en la cual se representa la trama amorosa, y se nos introduce en la línea principal de la historia: la petición de mano del Duque a su vecina Lady Olivia, que ésta rechaza. La historia principal se complica con el naufragio de Viola en las costas de Iliria y su decisión de vestirse con atuendos masculinos para servir como paje al Duque. El tema del disfraz y la riqueza que aportan los personajes secundarios hacen de esta obra una de las más famosas de Shakespeare.

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Review:
Shakespeare es universalmente conocido por sus muchas tragedias, y dado el prestigio con el que se trata al dramaturgo, no es de extrañar que en algún punto de nuestras vidas, deseemos involucrarnos en su obra, sin embargo, en lo que a mí concierne, el inciar la Literatura Shakesperiana con tragedias es muy ambicioso, y la posibilidad de confundirse con los temas tratados y los argumentos siempre será mayor que la posibilidad de disfrutar, siempre que no se tenga un referente con el estilo del autor inglés, puesto que Shakespeare desarrolla muchas
filosofías a lo largo de su obra, y el no tener conocimiento de al menos, alguna de tantas, previamente de la mano de una lectura sencilla, entenderlas en sus complejas tragedias va a suponer una tarea más compleja. A partir de esto subyace la decisión de leer Noche de Reyes, es una comedia ligera, es fácil adaptarse a su diálogo y refleja la principal filosofía tratada por Shakespeare. A su vez, el ejercicio también permite el acoplamiento a la dramaturgia y su estructura. Para todo lo dicho anteriormente, no hay libro como Noche de Reyes, se disfruta y se introduce de manera sensata al mundo y obra del autor inglés.

[Gizella Caicedo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ja! solo puedo decir que pasada de libro! pequeño pero me divertí mucho leyéndolo. se nota que William Shakespare era de muy buen humor, para haber escrito algo así.