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Did you know that the only known purpose-built theatres in Shakespeare's England were in London & Bristol? This fascinating book outlines the world of the theatre in which William Shakespeare wrote & did business, from outdoor & indoor theatres & the life of an actor & touring, to how plays were written, funded, & staged. ...

Need to swot up on your Shakespeare? If you’ve always felt a bit embarrassed at your precarious grasp on the plot of Othello, or you haven’t a clue what a petard
- as in ‘hoist with his own petard’
- actually is, then fear not, because this, at last, is the perfect guide to bring you up to speed.

From the authors of the number-one bestselling Homework for Grown-ups, Shakespeare for Grown-ups is the essential book for anyone keen to deepen their knowledge of the Bard’s key plays & sonnets.

For parents keen to help with their children’s homework, casual theatre-goers who want to enhance their enjoyment & understanding of the most-performed plays & the general reader who feels they should probably know more about Britain’s most splendid scribe, Shakespeare for Grown-ups covers the historical context of his writing; his personal life, contemporaries & influences; his language & poetic skill; the key themes of his oeuvre; his less familiar works & characters; modern-day adaptations & productions; theories about the authorship of his plays; his most famous speeches "ations; phrases & words that have entered general usage, & much more.

With lively in-depth chapters on all the key works including Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, The Tempest, Romeo & Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, Antony & Cleopatra, Richard II, Henry V, A Midsummer Nights Dream, The Merchant of Venice & Macbeth, Shakespeare for Grown-ups is the only guide to the Scribe you’ll ever need.

The only guide to the great bard you will ever need to bring you up to scratch!

This hardback book has 336 pages & measures: 21.4 x 15.8 x 3.4cm.











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This Tom Stoppard penned period comedy won seven Oscars, including those for Best Picture, Actress, Supporting Actress (Judi Dench) & Original Screenplay. In late 16th Century London, the theatre's most promising young playwright, Will Shakespeare (Jose ...

Triple set of costume dramas. The multi-Oscar winning ' Shakespeare in Love' (1998) is set in late 16th-century London, where the theatre's most promising young playwright, Will Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes), is suffering from writer's block. Rose Theatre o ...

Four hundred years after Shakespeares death, it is difficult to imagine a time when he was not considered a genius. But those 400 years have seen his plays banished & bowdlerized, faked & forged, traded & translated, re-mixed & re-cast.

Shakespeares story is not one of a steady rise to fame; it is a tale of set-backs & sea-changes that have made him the cultural icon he is today.

This revealing new book accompanies an innovative exhibition at the British Library that will take readers on a journey through more than 400 years of performance.

It will focus on ten moments in history that have changed the way we see Shakespeare, from the very first production of Hamlet to a digital-age deconstruction.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9780712356312
• Publisher: British Library
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 224
• Dimensions: 28 x 22 x 2cm












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If the mere mention of Shakespeare fills you with dread, evoking memories of arduous afternoons spent in stuffy classrooms with eccentric English teachers, it is time to reconsider. Let Portico's second title in the '... Matters' series rekindle your interest in the great bard, demonstrating that far from being three-hour marathons of unintelligible boring rubbish, Shakespeare's plays are in fact exciting, tragic, funny & often downright rude
- full of memorable plots, great insults, filthy jokes & eccentric characters. ' Shakespeare Matters' lets you know the essentials, as well as providing you with a wealth of facts & trivia to amuse, impress & entertain (at school, in a seminar or down the pub). Succinct, pithy entries cover everything from Shakespeare's greatest villains to his most cutting insult (hint: it involves your mum). As a playwright, he is truly a global figure
- his work has been translated into more than 70 of the world's languages, including Latin, ancient Greek & even Klingon. Did you know, however, that Shakespeare's influence even extends into the outer reaches of our solar system? 24 of Uranus' 27 moons are named after Shakespeare characters. The hundreds of entries range from the truly enlightening to the utterly obscure in this comprehensive guide that will re-introduce you to the fascinating world of Shakespeare's work.

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A tale of a year in the life of a serial 'pointless project' addict. It contains witty recollections of military service & unorthodox observations on life. It lets us ramble, meander & digress away, discovering non-barking dogs, the secret of excess & places that don't exist. ...

A brilliantly Shakespearean sticker book of scenes from The Globe playhouse, Elizabethan London & plays such as Macbeth & The Tempest, with over 500 amusing stickers to add of Romeo & Juliet, Titania & Bottom, young Shakespeare & more.

Snippets of historical information make this a great introduction to Shakespeare's life & plays. This book makes a fantastic gift for all young readers, & is sure to bring a smile at activity time.

This paperback book has 34 pages & measures 30.7 x 0.9 x 24cm





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