Hamlet Prince of Denmark

ISBN/EAN: 9788431689490
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
NUMBER OF PAGES: 96
SIZE: 17x24 cm
AUTHOR(S): W. Shakespeare

ABSTRACT:
Retold by Derek Sellen

Tragedy
When the ghost of Hamlet's father reveals the terrible secret of Elsinore, the result is chaos and tragedy for the young Prince of Denmark.
Will he avenge his father's murder? Is he really mad? Does he love the beautiful Ophelia?

Dossiers:
Films of Hamlet
Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Theatre
Who was Hamlet?

Love in Shakespeare: Five Stories

ISBN/EAN: 9788853010971
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
NUMBER OF PAGES: 112
SIZE: 16,8x24 cm
AUTHOR(S): W. Shakespeare

ABSTRACT:
Adapted by Jennifer Gascoigne

Love
In The Taming of the Shrew, Katharina learns to love Petruchio only after she has learnt to be an obedient wife. Romeo and Juliet's love is destined to end in tragedy. In The Twelfth Night, love is romantic but also painful, while in Othello love turns into jealousy. And in the final story, Antony and Cleopatra's passionate love has tragic consequences.

Dossiers:
The Life of William Shakespeare
Courtship and Marriage in Elizabethan Times

The Merchant of Venice

ISBN/EAN: 9788431690977
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
NUMBER OF PAGES: 112
SIZE: 15x21 cm
AUTHOR(S): W. Shakespeare

ABSTRACT:
Retold by Victoria Spence
Activities by Tessa Vaughan

Human interest
In Venice, Bassanio needs money to court a rich heiress. His merchant friend Antonio borrows the money from Shylock, a Jewish moneylender. Shylock demands that the money is repaid in three months or he will take a pound of Antonio's flesh. The merchant confidently agrees, but ultimately it will take the intelligence of two women to save him.

Dossiers:
The Origins of the Pound of Flesh Story
The Treatment of Jews in Shakepeare's Time

Exit test

Much Ado About Nothing

ISBN/EAN: 9788853001542
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
NUMBER OF PAGES: 128 + CD
SIZE: 16,8x24 cm
AUTHOR(S): W. Shakespeare

ABSTRACT:
Retold by James Butler
Activities by Kenneth Brodey

Humour & comedy
Claudio is in love with Hero, but is afraid that she will reject him. His friend, Don Pedro, volunteers to make her fall in love with him at a masked ball. The trick works well, and Hero agrees to marry Claudio. But Don Pedro's brother, Don John, organises a plot which will make Claudio think that Hero is unfaithful.

Dossiers:
Women in Shakespeare's Comedies
and others

Exit test

The Taming of the Shrew

ISBN/EAN: 9788877546081
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
NUMBER OF PAGES: 126 + CD
SIZE: 16,8x24 cm
AUTHOR(S): W. Shakespeare

ABSTRACT:
Retold by James Butler and Lucia De Vanna

Humour and comedy
Baptista's two beautiful daughters are ready for marriage. Bianca, pursued in love by three different suitors, cannot marry until someone dares to marry her sister, the proud and contemptuous Katharine. Then Petruchio arrives in Padua and proposes to Katharine. Will he be able to turn her into a model of devotion and obedience?

Dossiers:
Shakespeare and English Comedy
Shakespeare and Italian Comedy

Exit test

Othello

ISBN/EAN: 9788468200767
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
NUMBER OF PAGES: 128
SIZE: 17x24 cm
AUTHOR(S): W. Shakespeare

ABSTRACT:
Retold by Lucy Parker
Activities by Kenneth Brodey

Tragedy
Othello is a successful general, but a very simple man who trusts Iago completely. When he elopes and marries Desdemona, he is overwhelmed by the happiness that seems to be his. Iago, embittered by his failure to win promotion in the army, decides to poison the general's happiness.

Dossiers:
The First London Theatres
The Portrayal of Othello