Midsummer Night's Dream & Other Classic Tales Of The Plays

This title features six illustrated stories from Shakespeare. Six of
Shakespeare's most famous plays are beautifully illustrated in this
collection of dramatic retellings. It is an inspiring introduction to the
intricate comedies of A Midsummer Night's Dream and Twelfth Night, the
tragedies of Hamlet and Macbeth, and the contrasting love stories of Romeo
and Juliet and Antony and Cleopatra. Specially retold by Nicola Baxter and
with sumptuous paintings by Jenny Thorne, this timeless book brings the
classic plays to life in an easy-to-understand format. William Shakespeare
was born in England, in 1564, and is probably the best-known playwright and
poet in the world. Even those who have never seen or read his work
unknowingly use his language every day, as numerous phrases have passed
into common use. His plays are enormously varied - as this book
demonstrates - including histories, comedies and tragedies. Six of them are
summarized here, with extracts from the original plays to encourage young
readers to look at the complete texts or - even better - see them performed.