As You Like It (No Fear Shakespeare) [Paperback]

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Book Description

Publication Date: June 22, 2004 | Series: No Fear Shakespeare

No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of As You Like It on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right.

 

Each No Fear Shakespeare contains

• The complete text of the original play
• A line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday language
• A complete list of characters with descriptions
• Plenty of helpful commentary

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: SparkNotes (June 22, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1411401042
• ISBN-13: 978-1411401044
• Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 7.5 x 5.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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More About the Author

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in April 1564, and his birth is traditionally celebrated on April 23. The facts of his life, known from surviving documents, are sparse. He was one of eight children born to John Shakespeare, a merchant of some standing in his community. William probably went to the King's New School in Stratford, but he had no university education. In November 1582, at the age of eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway, eight years his senior, who was pregnant with their first child, Susanna. She was born on May 26, 1583. Twins, a boy, Hamnet ( who would die at age eleven), and a girl, Judith, were born in 1585. By 1592 Shakespeare had gone to London working as an actor and already known as a playwright. A rival dramatist, Robert Greene, referred to him as "an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers." Shakespeare became a principal shareholder and playwright of the successful acting troupe, the Lord Chamberlain's Men (later under James I, called the King's Men). In 1599 the Lord Chamberlain's Men built and occupied the Globe Theater in Southwark near the Thames River. Here many of Shakespeare's plays were performed by the most famous actors of his time, including Richard Burbage, Will Kempe, and Robert Armin. In addition to his 37 plays, Shakespeare had a hand in others, including Sir Thomas More and The Two Noble Kinsmen, and he wrote poems, including Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece. His 154 sonnets were published, probably without his authorization, in 1609. In 1611 or 1612 he gave up his lodgings in London and devoted more and more time to retirement in Stratford, though he continued writing such plays as The Tempest and Henry VII until about 1613. He died on April 23 1616, and was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford. No collected edition of his plays was published during his life-time, but in 1623 two members of his acting company, John Heminges and Henry Condell, put together the great collection now called the First Folio.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great tool, February 10, 2008

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Sharon Madar - See all my reviews
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This review is from: As You Like It (No Fear Shakespeare) (Paperback)

The "No Fear Shakespeare" books are so much help. I am terrible with understanding old-english and this book makes it an easy-read with helpful hints when the author attempts so allude to something most audiences don't know.

5.0 out of 5 stars No Fear--The Only Way For Older Folks to Read or Study Shakespeare, January 24, 2012

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Big D (Auburn, AL. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: As You Like It (No Fear Shakespeare) (Paperback)

"As you Like It" is not one of William Shakespeare's best plays, but it has stood the test of time and is well worth reading, studying and inevitably enjoying.

And the "No Fear" Shakespeare edition is the only way to go...the only way.

One wishes that Orlando was a little more assertive and Rosalind a bit more subdued, but that's the way Shakespeare wrote it...so it is good.

And "No Fear" makes it better and more enjoyable.