The Sixty-Minute Shakespeare: Macbeth (Classics for All Ages) [Paperback]

Cass Foster (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1997 | Age Level: 11 and up | Series: Classics for All Ages

An abridged version of Shakespeare's tragedy about witches, prophecies, blind ambition, murder, and corruption.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Allows teachers to introduce the language more easily to wary students...The series is a valuable resource...Foster successfully retains each plays integrity and beauty." -- Today's Librarian

"Reading-or performing Shakespeare doesn't need to take 'forever and a day.' Not if you raise the curtain on The Sixty-Minute Shakespeare.. --Education World

Want to ease kids into reading full-length Shakespeare? The Sixty-Minute Shakespeare series offers fast-paced condensations of six Shakespeare classics. Rather than retell, the series preserves the original play format and the Bard's language, while providing excellent footnotes to archaic words. It's a smart stepping stone to the real thing. --NEA Today

As our Education Outreach department at Colorado Shakespeare Festival is dedicated to enlightening teachers and students (and the community at large) about Shakespeare's works-using a "hands-on" philosophy-I have found the Five Star Shakespeare collection an incredible resource. --Melinda J. Scott, Education Director, Colorado Shakespeare Festival --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Cass Foster, Professor Emeritus of Theatre, has been actively involved in the theatre as an educator, director, fight choreographer and playwright. His teaching experience includes The Ohio State University, Capital University, Otterbein College, Central Arizona College and Mesa Community College. He has directed productions or choreographed fights at Players Theatre Columbus, University of Illinois: Champaign-Urbana, Phoenix Theatre, Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, Grand Canyon Shakespeare Festival, Case Western Reserve University, Arizona Jewish Theatre, Sedona Repertory Company, Lyric Opera, Phoenix Little Theatre, Sombrero Playhouse, The Ohio State University and the Great American People Show. He currently resides on the beautiful Garden Isle of Kauai with his wife, Nellie. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 11 and up
  
• Paperback
• Publisher: Five Star Pubns; 1st edition (September 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1877749257
• ISBN-13: 978-1877749254
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,400,715 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ..."the Five Star Shakespeare Collection an incredible resource", June 12, 2007

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Linda F. Radke Publications (Chandler AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sixty-Minute Shakespeare Series: Macbeth (Classics for All Ages) (Paperback)

As our Education Outreach department at Colorado Shakespeare Festival is dedicated to enlightening teachers and students (and the community at large) about Shakespeare's works--using a "hands-on" philosophy--I have found the Five Star Shakespeare Collection an incredible resource. Whenever teachers are looking for a truncated script, or help with "opening up Shakespeare" to their students, I refer them to you...(Five Star Publications - Arizona)

Melinda J. Scott, Education Director

Colorado Shakespeare Festival

4.0 out of 5 stars Good alternative to the complete play, September 10, 2011

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Southern Blessings (SC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sixty-Minute Shakespeare Series: Macbeth (Classics for All Ages) (Paperback)

These books are short versions of the original plays and still include Shakespeare's poetic language. The author includes footnotes on many pages to explain the meaning of certain words that are not used in today's world. This helped me to read through without getting confused like I did in high school, thus making it more enjoyable.

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful resource for a faster look at Shakespeare!, September 9, 2011

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Cinnamon Hollow (Kentucky) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sixty-Minute Shakespeare Series: Macbeth (Classics for All Ages) (Paperback)

The Sixty-Minute Shakespeare makes reading (and understanding) Shakespeare so much easier. Having a shorter version without sacrificing the storyline or wonderful poetic language is a plus. The author includes footnotes with definitions of some of the more difficult words, saving you time by not having to constantly stop to look them up. This will be perfect for my middle school aged child whose attention span isn't up to a full-length Shakespeare novel just yet.

Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy of The Sixty-Minute Shakespeare as a part of a blogging program and posted a review on my blog, Cinnamon Hollow. All opinions are strictly my own.