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1) Hamlet
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1991, c1985
Physical Desc
287 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
An acclaimed author has rewritten twelve of Shakespeare's plays in narrative form, retaining much of the original language, and thus the flavor of the bard's dramas.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
A simplified prose retelling of Shakespeare's play about the strange events that take place in a forest inhabited by fairies who magically transform the romantic fate of two young couples.
Publisher
Thirteen/WNET
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Six episodes combine history, biography, iconic performances, new analysis and the personal passion of its celebrated hosts, to tell the story behind the stories of Shakespeare's greatest plays.
Author
Series
William Shakespeare's Star Wars volume 1
Publisher
Quirk Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
A retelling of Star wars in the style of Shakespeare, in which a wise Jedi knight, an evil Sith lord, a beautiful captive princess, and a young hero coming of age reflect the valor and villainy of the Bard's greatest plays.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Prince Alexos, the long-awaited champion of the goddess Athene, follows the course of his destiny through war and loss and a deadly confrontation with his enemy to its end: shipwreck on a magical, fog-shrouded island. There he meets the unforgettable Aria and faces the greatest challenge of his life. Based loosely on Shakespeare's The Tempest"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Will in the World interweaves a searching account of Elizabethan England with a vivid narrative of the playwright's life. We see Shakespeare learning his craft, starting a family, and forging a career for himself in the wildly competitive London theater world, while at the same time grappling with dangerous religious and political forces that took less-agile figures to the scaffold. The basic biographical facts of Shakespeare's life have been known...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A bold, evocative new novel from the National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 and Betty Trask Award winner Isabella Hammad that follows actress Sonia as she returns to Palestine and takes a role in a West Bank production of Hamlet. After years away from her family's homeland, and healing from an affair with an established director, stage actress Sonia Nasir returns to Palestine to visit her older sister Haneen. Though the siblings grew up spending summers...
Author
Language
English
Description
"A thrilling departure: a short, piercing, deeply moving novel about the death of Shakespeare's 11 year old son Hamnet--a name interchangeable with Hamlet in 15th century Britain--and the years leading up to the production of his great play. England, 1580. A young Latin tutor--penniless, bullied by a violent father--falls in love with an extraordinary, eccentric young woman--a wild creature who walks her family's estate with a falcon on her shoulder...
Series
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
352 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
Español
Description
"El libro de Shakespeare trae las obras de William Shakespeare a la vida con fotografías a todo color, imágenes, nubes de ideas, cronologías y citas que ayudarán al lector a comprender el contexto de las piezas y poemas de Shakespeare."--Amazon.
"Whether you are new to the poetry and proses of Shakespeare, and in need of a guide through the complex plots and unfamiliar language, or looking for a fresh perspective on his much-loved plays and sonnets,...
Publisher
Ambrose Video
Pub. Date
1979.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (168 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This production is part of a famous series produced by BBC of all of William Shakespeare's plays. The resulting films, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilized the best theatrical and television directors and brought highly praised performances from leading contemporary actors. The trickiest sort of play -- a comedy with tragic relief. With her brother condemned to die for the crime of premarital sex, Isabella is torn between her vows to God...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As November's autumnal hues fall over the Shakespearean hamlet of Ashland, Oregon, Jules and her team at Torte are putting the finishing touches on an authentic Elizabethan feast for the opening gala of a new museum exhibit at Southern Oregon University. The unveiling of the Bard's lost manuscript, Double Falsehood, will be celebrated with silky chocolate showpieces, lardy cakes, frangipane tarts, and jellies with chestnut cream. But on the big evening,...
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
vii, 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"As we witness monuments of white Western history fall, many are asking how is Shakespeare still relevant? Professor Farah Karim-Cooper has dedicated her career to the Bard, which is why she wants to take the playwright down from his pedestal to unveil a Shakespeare for the twenty-first century. If we persist in reading Shakespeare as representative of only one group, as the very pinnacle of the white Western canon, then he will truly be in peril....
Publisher
Opus Arte
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Special edition.
Physical Desc
4 DVD videos (approximately 5 hr., 36 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Henry IV ... is an epic tale of power, treachery and war, exploring the complexity of father-son relationships. Extras: Director's commentary, cinema films, meet the cast, cast gallery.
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books in association with Shakespeare's Globe
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Pegasus books paperback edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 700 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In celebration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death and fully endorsed by Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, this is the ultimate guide to the life and work of the world's greatest playwright. With full coverage of the thirty-nine Shakespearian plays (including a synopsis, full character list, stage history, and a critical essay for each), this comprehensive guide is both a quick reference and an in-depth background guide for theatre goers,...
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