Shakespeare's Globe: An Interactive Pop-up Theatre [Hardcover]

TOBY FORWARD (Author), Juan Wijngaard (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up

Come actors, playwrights, and groundlings to Shakespeare's Globe to brush up on history and perform some famous scenes from the Bard's greatest plays. Break a leg!

Welcome to the Globe, the greatest theater in the world! The year is 1612, and leading Shakespearean actor Richard Burbage is conducting a backstage tour of everything from the pit below the stage to the grand ceiling painted to resemble the heavens. Take a peek inside this marvelous miniature theater to find:

— A 3-D pop-up model of the Globe Theatre

— A book of fascinating inside facts on the theater's history, design, and legendary performances

— 10 sheets containing a total of 20 press-out, standup characters

— Two booklets — one for you and one for a friend — featuring popular scenes from 12 Shakespearean plays, including A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, ROMEO AND JULIET, TWELFTH NIGHT, AS YOU LIKE IT, and more

In SHAKESPEARE'S GLOBE — approved by the Globe Theatre itself — you'll find everything you need to stage your own performances of the most memorable scenes in theater history.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-8–Plays are meant to be seen, and this interactive book features a fold-out model of the Globe Theatre in its heyday, complete with stage, galleries, thatched roof, and spectators ready for a performance. Selected punch-out characters from 12 of Shakespeare's plays are included (and attached to a small cardboard handle to allow for easy manipulation), as are two removable scripts that include monologues and/or scenes in which the characters appear. The package also provides a booklet introducing the Wooden O and the state of the theatre in Elizabethan and Jacobean times as explained by Richard Burbage, leading actor of the King's Players. The well-constructed 10-inch model is made with a good-quality lightweight cardboard and is drawn to scale and filled with accurate architectural details. The excerpts from the plays are exact quotes. A brief plot summary introduces each scene; however, the language of the commentary (as if offered by Burbage) is elevated and the structure quite formal. The illustrated booklet provides interesting information, but for those with little or no background in this theatrical tradition, the explanations may be incomplete. While the book's fragile nature will make it difficult to circulate, libraries might consider purchasing it for classroom or program use.–Nancy Menaldi-Scanlan, LaSalle Academy, Providence, RI
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From Booklist

Gr. 5-8. This large-format "book" folds out into three sections. The first displays a pop-up model of the Globe Theatre. On the next is an excellent booklet about the famous playhouse, written in the person of Richard Burbage. Glued into the third are pockets holding tiny, stick-puppet players on stiff, glossy paper and two actors' copies of a playbook reprinting and introducing a number of short scenes from Shakespeare's plays. Beautifully painted, the detailed and fairly sturdy pop-up model is a bargain at the price. Though the pockets holding the playbooks are flimsy and the pop-up Globe must be handled with care, public and school libraries may want to have this available for displays or for limited circulation to classrooms. Pair it with Susan Cooper's King of Shadows (1999) or Gary Blackwood's The Shakespeare Stealer (1998) and its sequels. Carolyn Phelan
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Hardcover: 14 pages
• Publisher: Candlewick; Pop edition (May 10, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0763626945
• ISBN-13: 978-0763626945
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 0.8 x 11.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #783,633 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pop Up Shakespeare's Globe, March 3, 2006

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M E Carrig (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shakespeare's Globe: An Interactive Pop-up Theatre (Hardcover)

This is a clever and delightful book! Shakespeare's plays are so connected with the playhouse space, and this lovingly detailed book helps to re-create the reality of the world of Shakespeare. Fun and accurate, will be enjoyed by kids and all Shakespeare fans!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Model of Globe Theatre, June 5, 2009

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K. Leonards (Louisiana) - See all my reviews
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I ordered this for a project for a High School English class.
We built a model ourselves using info and parts from your book.
THIS WAS BY FAR THE BEST INFO I RECEIVED AFTER MANY AREAS RESEARCHED.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Buy it for your teachers!, August 3, 2005

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D. C. Reynolds "English-n-Iago" (San Diego) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shakespeare's Globe: An Interactive Pop-up Theatre (Hardcover)

This is a lovely book with paper "players" and "cue cards" containing play lines -- highlights from several plays.