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Pericles, Prince of Tyre is a play written at least in part by William Shakespeare and included in modern editions of his collected works despite questions over its authorship, as it was not included in the First Folio. Modern editors generally agree that Shakespeare is responsible for the main portion of the play after scene 9 that follows the story of Pericles and Marina. The first two acts detailing the many voyages of Pericles are thought to have been written by a relatively untalented reviser or collaborator, possibly George Wilkins. ... Read more

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The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare, first published in 1602, though believed to have been written prior to 1597. It features the fat knight Sir John Falstaff, and is Shakespeare's only play to deal exclusively with contemporary Elizabethan era English middle class life. It has been adapted for the opera on occasions.

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The Merchant of Venice is a play by Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. Classified as a comedy in the First Folio, and while it shares certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, the play is perhaps more remembered for its dramatic scenes, and is best known for Shylock and the 'pound of flesh'. The play's anti-semitic tendency gained more attention after the Holocaust, for example in a production by George Tabori.

The title character is the merchant Antonio, not the Jewish moneylender Shylock, who is the play's most prominent and more famous character. This is made explicit by the title page of the first quarto: The moſt excellent Hiſtorie of the Merchant of Venice. VVith the extreame crueltie of Shylocke the Iewe towards the ſayd Merchant, in cutting a iuſt pound of his flesh: and the obtaining of Portia by the choice of three chests.

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Title: New NFLRC publications.(NEWS FROM SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS)('Research Among Learners of Chinese as a Foreign Language,' 'Manchu: A Textbook for Reading Documents,' 'Agency and Student Voice,' and 'Young Learner Development with Co-Learning Adults')(Book review)
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Publication: Language, Learning & Technology (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2010
Publisher: University of Hawaii, National Foreign Language Resource Center
Volume: 14Issue: 2Page: 12(2)

Article Type: Book review

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