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Books
EASY
READING SHAKESPEARE
The Bard in Bite-Size Verse - Volume Two
Published by : Book
Guild Publishing
Pavilion View
19 New Road
BRIGHTON
BN1 1UF
Tel : 01273 720900
Hard Back £15.99 ISBN 1-84624-000-X
Paper Back £9.99 ISBN 978-1-84624-289-2
Suitable for ages 10+
Illustrated by Michael Avery
From
the jacket of Volume Two ……
In this second volume of Easy Reading Shakespeare Richard Cuddington applies his sparkling rhyming style to
narrating the stories of a further twelve of the Bard’s
famous plays. The author gives us five Comedies, two
Tragedies, four Histories and a Romance (The Winter’s
Tale). Presented in lively and lucid stanzas, such
well-known characters as Richard III, Petruchio, Falstaff,
Brutus, Mark Antony and Cleopatra leap off the page with
the immediacy of cartoon personalities.
Once again, the author has concentrated on the essential
elements of the main stories, stripping away extraneous
sub-plots and minor characters; anything, in fact, which
gets in the way of the narrative thrust. The language is
straightforward and direct – often colloquial – and the
bouncing, infectious rhythms of the uncomplicated verse
add pace and urgency to each story as it rapidly unfolds.
The resulting clarity points up the universality of
emotion and theme which makes these plays so popular.
By such effective communication the author makes
Shakespeare less intimidating to potential readers,
showing that England’s greatest playwright can be fun, and
encouraging all who enjoy these verses to sample the rich
pleasures of the original works.
EASY READING SHAKESPEARE – VOLUME TWO
contains the following plays;
The Taming of the Shrew
(read
excerpt)
Measure for Measure
Julius Caesar
(read excerpt)
Antony and Cleopatra
As You Like It
Henry the Fourth – Parts I and II
Henry the Fifth
(read excerpt)
The Winter’s Tale
Richard the Third
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
All’s Well That Ends Well
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