venice

A comedy about a creditor demanding a pound of flesh in payment for a defaulted loan, and a lover who must choose among three caskets in a riddle game to win the hand of a wealthy lady.

"Venice is sinking! More and more water floods the plazas, but people are working to save this historic Italian city. What can they do, with rising water all around?"--Back cover.

Mangus the Magician and his thirteen-year-old servant, Fabrizio, are commanded to go to Venice, on pain of death, to find a book by Friar Luca Pacioli that reportedly contains a magical means of making money; but Venice is a strange and dangerous city, and someone else is also after the book--then Mangus is arrested, and taken to the prison, and Fabrizio and Bianca, an orphan he has met, must find a way to secure the book, save Magnus, and themselves.

An abridged and annotated Spanish version of William Shakespeare's "Othello," in which Othello, a Moorish general, is led by a jealous and evil ensign to believe his wife, Desdemona, has been unfaithful.

Venetian moneylender Shylock insists that one of his contracts be followed even when it means the death of Antonio, a merchant. The wealthy and beautiful Portia helps defend Antonio in front of the Duke of Venice to defeat Shylock.

Contains full explanatory notes on pages facing the text of the play.

Frustrated with the restrictions her gender imposes on her life, fourteen-year-old Donata, disguised as a boy, sneaks out of her noble family's house to roam the streets of late sixteenth-century Venice and then must confront the repercussions of her actions.

Iago, jealous of Othello's successes in the army of Venice, plots against him, pretending to be Othello's friend while manipulating him and turning him against his wife, Desdemona.

Presents an annotated edition of Shakespeare's dark comedy about young lovers and a Jewish money lender who demands a pound of flesh in payment for a debt.

Contains a complete script, a running synopsis of the action, an explanation of difficult words, and activities.