Tales from Shakespeare
Shakespeare made accessible for young readers!Come wend your way along London’s Thames River to the Globe Theatre, where seven favorite Shakespearean plays are being performed! Marcia Williams brings to life ROMEO AND JULIET, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, JULIUS CAESAR, HAMLET, MACBETH, THE WINTER'S...
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Shakespeare made accessible for young readers!Come wend your way along London’s Thames River to the Globe Theatre, where seven favorite Shakespearean plays are being performed! Marcia Williams brings to life ROMEO AND JULIET, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, JULIUS CAESAR, HAMLET, MACBETH, THE WINTER'S TALE, and THE TEMPESTt, making liberal use of Shakespeare’s rich dialogue. With the help of her signature comic-strip style, the Bard’s 400-year-old masterworks become as relevant to young readers today as they were to theatergoers way back then.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780763623234 (0763623237)
Publish date: March 8th 2004
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Pages no: 40
Edition language: English
Hmmm, sometimes Marcia Williams really works for me and sometimes her stuff falls a little flat and now this one. I think this particular book is really suited to independent reading for starters. I also didn't think her super silly illustrations really worked here. I think there are other abridged...