A Midsummer Night's Dream is perhaps the best loved of Shakepeare's plays It brings together aristocrats workers & fairies in a wood outside Athens & from there the enchantment begins Simple & engaging on the surface it is none the less a highly original & sophisticated work remarkable for both its literary & its theatrical mastery It is one of the very few of Shakespeare's plays which do not draw on narrative sources which suggests that it reflects his deepest imaginative concerns to an unusual degree In his introduction Peter Holland pays particular attention to dreams & dreamers & to Shakespeare's construction of a world of night & shadows Both here & in his commentary he explores the play's extensive performance history to illustrate the wide range of interpretations of which it is capable ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more ...

Harper Collins is proud to present its new range of best-loved essential classics ‘ My Oberon! what visions have I seen! Methought I was enamoured of an ass’ When four young lovers flee from Athens & become lost in an enchanted wood they stumble into a fairy world where King Oberon & Queen Titania are feuding over ownership of a young Indian prince Seeking his revenge on Titania Oberon & his servant Puck begin a magical yet farcical chain of events where all become interwoven in a comedic & mischievous play about the difficulties of love ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A stellar cast headed by Michelle Pfeiffer & Kevin Kline bring Shakespeare&s most romantic comedy to life When two pairs of star-crossed lovers a troop of inept amateur actors a feuding pair of supernatural sprites & a love potion gone awry all come together in an enchanted moonlit forest the result is an unequalled mixture of merriment & magic Also starring Calista Flockhart Stanley Tucci & Rupert Everett Actors Kevin Kline Michelle Pfeiffer Rupert Everett Stanley Tucci Calista Flockhart Directors Michael Hoffman Writers Michael Hoffman William Shakespeare Producers Michael Hoffman Ann Wingate Arnon Milchan Leslie Urdang Nigel Goldsack Format PALLanguage English Subtitles Dutch French Spanish Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired German English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Aspect Ratio 169
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD region B Blu-ray & will require a region 2 or region free DVDBlu-ray player in order to play Maxine Peake John Hannah & Matt Lucas star in this modern BBC adaptation of Shakespeare&s play In Athens tyrannical ruler Theseus (Hannah) plans his wedding to Hippolyta (Eleanor Matsuura) while an amateur theatre group led by Bottom (Lucas) prepare their production of a celebratory play in a surrounding forest But deep in the Athenian woods King of the Fairies Oberon (Nonso Anozie) & his Queen Titania (Peake) are involved in a bitter dispute which makes Oberon resort to magic in a desperate bid to humiliate her Their quarrel spills over into the rehearsals of the play & also affects four young lovers who are visiting the forest leaving Oberon & his servant Puck (Hiran Abeysekera) to try & make amends for their misdeeds ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Maxine Peake John Hannah & Matt Lucas star in this modern BBC adaptation of Shakespeare&s play In Athens tyrannical ruler Theseus (Hannah) plans his wedding to Hippolyta (Eleanor Matsuura) while an amateur theatre group led by Bottom (Lucas) prepare their production of a celebratory play in a surrounding forest But deep in the Athenian woods King of the Fairies Oberon (Nonso Anozie) & his Queen Titania (Peake) are involved in a bitter dispute which makes Oberon resort to magic in a desperate bid to humiliate her Their quarrel spills over into the rehearsals of the play & also affects four young lovers who are visiting the forest leaving Oberon & his servant Puck (Hiran Abeysekera) to try & make amends for their misdeeds ...

A raucous suspenseful silly comedy starring jungle favourites Monkey Zebra Frog & Lion … & a bottom-biting bush baby! In this raucous jungle caper illustrated by Dinosaurs Don&t Have Bedtimes& Nikki Dyson something MIGHTY with SUPER-DUPER sharp teeth keeps biting Frog Monkey & Zebra … right on their bottoms! “ Ya-hoooooo!” So guarding their beautiful behinds the trio run as fast as they can through the jungle They’re looking for big brave King Lion who just might know what to do… Delicious drama builds before the bottom-biting creature’s identity is finally revealed in this hilarious tale brought brilliantly to life by the read-aloud sound effects of Ronda Armitage & the exuberant magnificent art of Nikki Dyson ...

What would you do if a stranger told you your son was going to die? Silas is ten years old when the headaches start When the diagnosis arrives his parents are told they have until Christmas maybe & so begins Sarah Pullen's battle to save her son against doubting doctors & insurmountable odds This story about love & loss traces her family's journey from that first day at the hospital battling a tumour they named Bob' through Silas's death & beyond This profoundly moving & honest account shows that it is possible to find the strength for a journey that no mother should ever go on; that it is possible to find a new way to live even when death is knocking on the door It is about confronting grief
- raw ugly incomprehensible grief It is a book about wrapping a small boy in love but still letting him get grubby knees It is about learning to savour every moment of the here & now yet also learning to let go At its heart A Mighty Boy is a story of the love between a mother & a son It is a book about seizing the moment & somehow managing to survive the death of a child But most of all it is a book about a small mighty smiling boy
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Sworn to honour Broken by betrayal Hakan son of Haldan chosen son of the Lord of the Northern Jutes swears loyalty to his father in fire in iron & in blood But there are always shadows that roam When a terrible tragedy befalls Hakan&s household he is forced to leave his world behind He must seek to pledge his sword to a new king Nameless & alone he embarks on a journey to escape the bonds of his past & fulfil his destiny as a great warrior Whispers of sinister forces in the north pull Hakan onwards to a kingdom plagued by mysterious & gruesome deaths But does he have the strength to do battle with such dark foes? Or is death the only sane thing to seek in this world of blood & broken oaths? ...

The sparkling new novel from the author of SHINE & GLITTER " We talk about everything Dad & me About all the mysteries inside of us About all our wonderings of the world But tomorrow my dad goes to war Then what will I do?" Jemima's dad's in the Army & he's off to Afghanistan again for six whole months Her mum's about to have another baby & hasn't got the energy to worry about anything else Gran is staying to help out but her head is filled with her own wartime memories So while Mima is sending Dad millions of guardian angels every night to keep him safe who is looking out for her? The third novel from Kate Maryon
- a sparkling new voice for tween girls
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James Frey wakes up on a plane with no memory of the preceding two weeks His face is cut & his body is covered with bruises He has no wallet & no idea of his destination He has abused alcohol & every drug he can lay his hands on for a decade
- & he is aged only twenty-three What happens next is one of the most powerful & extreme stories ever told His family takes him to a rehabilitation centre & James Frey starts his perilous journey back to the world of the drug & alcohol-free living His lack of self-pity is unflinching & searing A Million Little Pieces is a dazzling account of a life destroyed & a life reconstructed It is also the introduction of a bold & talented literary voice
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