More Shakespeare Without the Boring Bits [Paperback]

Humphrey Carpenter (Author)

Book Description

Amusing retellings of Shakespeare's plays set in the present day. The plays include: "As You Like It", "King Lear", "Othello", "Richard III", "Hamlet" and "Much Ado About Nothing".

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Grade 4 Up-This contemporary rendition of Shakespeare is exciting and humorous. A planned wedding becomes a funeral in As You Like It, while a second marriage for Ophelia to Uncle Claudio outrages Hamlet and triggers a series of murders. Listeners will laugh at foreign minister Anthony, who has fallen madly in love with Cleo, Egyptian pop singer, and faces double suicide in a love misunderstanding. Experience the ultimate in computer technology as you phone or fax the Oracle at Delphi with personal problems, meet "tricky Dicky" in Richard III, and sing along to "Arden Days." Carole Boyd's delivery is superlative; her variations in tone and quality produce an orchestration of expression from cockney to male and female counterparts. "Billy" Shakespeare takes on an entirely new countenance, one of laughter and not dread. Listeners are encouraged to write their own modern interpretations. Older students and adults will laugh their way through Elizabethan writing in a modern mode.
Patricia Mahoney Brown, Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, Kenmore, NY
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Product Details

• Paperback: 134 pages
• Publisher: Penguin UK (June 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0670872016
• ISBN-13: 978-0670872015
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,041,479 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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