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

Cass Foster (Author), William Twelfth Night Shakespeare (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 11 and up | Grade Level: 6 and up | Series: Classics for All Ages

An abridged version of Shakespeare's comedy about love at first sight, disguises, twins, and practical jokes.

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...Cass Foster has done a superb job of cutting the text while retaining the sense of the story and the poetic rhythm of the words." --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, author of The Sixty-Minute Shakespeare series, Shakespeare for Children: The Story of Romeo and Juliet, and the co-author of Shakespeare: To Teach or Not to Teach has been involved in all aspects of theatre for over thirty-five years. He is the director of a theatre program at a small college in central Arizona and often spends his summers as Fight Choreographer with Shakespeare Festivals. Cass directs productions and stages fights for theatres and universities throughout the country. He earned his bachelors degree in Drama from the University of Washington in Seattle and his Master of Fine Arts in Directing from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Besides his obvious involvement in the field of Shakespeare, Cass is particularly interested in the development of new plays for young audiences. --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: 1877749249
• ISBN-13: 978-1877749247
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,208,428 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #81 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Literature & Fiction > Drama > History

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Middle to High School Students, May 24, 2010

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Dorian Gray - See all my reviews

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

The Sixty-Minute Shakespeare series will allow middle and high school students to discover and love what made Shakespeare great. Using original language but abridged so that it is not academically frightening for the students or the teacher. Abridged in an engaging and approachable style.

5.0 out of 5 stars This carefully edited series works well for individuals or classrooms where the integrity of the work must be kept intact., July 14, 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: Twelfth Night (Classics for All Ages) (Paperback)

Reviewed By: Kelly Crespin, Eclectic Homeschool Online

Twelfth Night is one book that is part of a series titled Sixty-Minute Shakespeare. This series takes some of Shakespeare's most famous works of literature and reduces, condenses and abridges a long, detailed piece of literature into an ideal alternative for the reader who doesn't have the time, resources, or attention span to tackle Shakespeare in its original form.

This carefully edited series works well for individuals or classrooms where the integrity of the work must be kept intact. While the language is condensed, the writing's main ideas are kept the same, as are the beauty of the verse and prose.

I, for one, have never been a fan of Shakespeare, yet this book was readable for me. While I still might not want to pick up more of Shakespeare's works, I at least don't feel so overwhelmed at the idea of picking up one of the huge, massive volumes I've only used as paperweights or doorstoppers before this.

Twelfth Night is part of a series, so if the reader enjoys this version of the story, others are available to keep the magic and love of Shakespeare alive and well.

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From the back cover, March 6, 1999

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Five Star Publications, Inc. "Publishing Sinc... (Chandler, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Sixty-Minute Shakespeare: Twelth Night (Classics for All Ages) (Paperback)

The Sixty-Minute Shakespeare series is an ideal alternative for those who lack the time or resources to tackle the unabridged versions of the world's most widely read playwright. This smooth-flowing and carefully edited series works well for fully mounted productions, scene work in the classroom, and the study of Shakespeare's plays in general. While the language is condensed, the integrity of Shakespeare's writing is kept intact so students of the Bard can experience the thrill of the story as well as the beauty of the verse and prose.