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by Anna Claybourne, Rebecca Treays This is an introduction to the life and work of William Shakespeare. The book covers every aspect of the genius of Shakespeare, revealing the world he lived in, examining his controversial life, exploring his rich and varied works, and meeting his fascinating characters. A description is given of how Shakespeare's plays were performed when he was alive, and a look behind the scenes is given as a modern drama company prepares to stage a new production. A reference section contains plot summaries, glossaries and a Shakespeare quiz. The book is highly illustrated with Elizabethan drawings, reproductions of historical manuscripts, designs and posters.
Here are the lascivious lines, cuckolded characters, and politically incorrect notions of the baddest bard of all. Author Michael Macrone plumbs the depths of William Shakespeare's various and conflicted views on race, religion, government, culture, sex, and sexuality in concise, clear and hilariously scandalous explanations.
The
First Folio Speeches for Women (Oberon Books)
Orson
Welles, Shakespeare,and Popular Culture (Film and Culture)
Scenes
for Women from the Plays of Shakespeare
Scenes
from Shakespeare/Cassette
Shakespeare
Soliloquies and Scenes for Actors : Hamlet, MacBeth, Othelli/Cassette
Shakespeare
Soliloquies and Scenes for Actors : Julius Caesar, Kinglear/Cassette
Discovering
Shakespeare's Language : 150 Stimulating Activity Sheets for Student Work
(Cambridge School Shakespeare Series)
This collection of photocopiable activity sheets will enable teachers to construct a course in Shakespearean language. Guidance is provided for the simple units, but there is also scope for more in-depth extension work. The help provided is based on examples from the whole range of the plays, including all those studied in high school.
by Isaac Asimov,
Rafael Palacios (Illustrator) An amazingly interesting text by one of this century's most influential authors on the work of one of this millennium's most influential authors. Contains synopses of all the plays, scene-by-scene analysis, and much more. Well worth a look. This book has over 1500 pages!!!
Big-Time
Shakespeare
Improvising
Shakespeare : Reading for the Stage
Making
Trifles of Terrors : Redistributing Complicities in Shakespeare
Shakespeare
and the Popular Tradition in the Theater : Studies in the Social Dimension
of Dramatic Form and Function
Teaching
Shakespeare Through Performance (Options for Teaching, 14)
Shakespeare
- The Theater and the Book
The sharpest stings ever to snap from the tip of an English-speaking tongue are here at hand, ready to be directed at the knaves, villains, and coxcombs of the reader's choice. Culled from 38 plays, here are the best 5,000 examples of Shakespeare's glorious invective, arranged by play, in order of appearance, with helpful act and line numbers for easy reference, along with an index of topical scorn appropriate to particular characters and occasions.
The famous playwrite won't be a mystery with this guide that explains the meanings behind his sonnets and plays and the history of his life in easy terms. Supplemented with a character list.
Shakescenes
: Shakespeare for Two (Applause Acting Series)
Soliloquy!
the Shakespeare Monologues Women (Applause Acting Series)
Scenes
from Shakespeare : Fifteen Cuttings for the Classroom
Shakespeare
and the Musical Stage : A Guide to Sources, Studies, and First Performances
Shakespeare
Observed : Studies in Performance on Stage and Screen
Soliloquy!
the Shakespeare Monologues Women (Applause Acting Series)
The
Actor and the Text (The Applause Acting Series)
Auditions
and Scenes from Shakespeare
If you?re like most of us, you probably think that Shakespeare's plays and poems are too difficult to understand or that they are only for scholars. Well, that notion is simply much ado about nothing -- especially when you have Shakespeare For Dummies to rescue you. As authors John Doyle and Ray Lischner prove in this very accessible guide, Shakespeare is not only the greatest writer who ever lived, but he?s also a great entertainer -- after you get a handle on his wild plots and witty wordplay.
The
Shakespeare Dictionary
Travel
and Drama in Shakespeare's Time
The words of the world's greatest playwright come alive with these fun, student-centered activities. Creative ideas help students explore plot and character and develop an appreciation for Shakespeare's language. Includes a poster of famous Shakespeare quotes, plus Internet links, a mini-glossary, and reproducibles.
The fourth "video board book" from the Baby Einstein folks is their most engaging product yet. Aimed at slightly older audiences (ages 1 to 4), Baby Shakespeare combines poetry with the usual mix of festive classical music, bright objects, and happy thoughts designed to stimulate young minds. This video is aimed at exposing little tykes to the language context. Twelve words (grass, tree, etc.) are explored in pictures and poem form with plenty of playful stops for kids singing their ABC's and close-ups of brightly colored toys in action. Older kids can follow the poetry in a beautiful enclosed picture book of poem text and sharp outdoor photography. We even meet Baby Einstein's first host: a dragon puppet named Bard, who (along with his friends) playfully participates in the action. He deserves a repeat performance. --Doug Thomas
What famous essayist insisted that Shakespeare's play were unfit for performance? Which two plays center on the Hundred Years' War? In which scene of Romeo and Juliet does the nurse report--falsely--that Juliet is dead and thus seal Romeo's tragic fate? The answers are easily found in Shakespeare A to Z, the only single-volume reference to virtually everything one needs--or wants--to know about the Bard. Wonderfully informative, this comprehensive work includes 3,000 entries and 50 illustrations.
Having a problem with a lazy student? Forget detention--tell him how you really feel: "Your brains are useless, boil'd within thy skull." Tired of your teacher's boring, pointless lectures? Raise your hand and comment that "Your reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff: you seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search." Full of schoolroom slings, digs, and retorts, Shakespeare's Insults for Teachers is better ammunition than a spitball--and hey, you're learning something!
An amazing collection of the Bard's best work annotated and explained by Mr Macrone.
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