The Shakespeare Collecti
6 total works
This collection aims to make the best of Shakespearean theatre accessible to a younger audience. King Lear has set his daughters a test to prove how much they love him. Goneril and Regan flatter the old king, but his youngest daughter, Cordelia, loves him too much to play the game. In a moment of anger, Lear banishes Cordelia. Can any good come out of this rash decision? This book is beautifully illustrated in colour and black and white by Stephen Player. Consultants include: Kathy Elgin from the Royal Shakespeare Company and Peter Reynolds from Roehampton Institute of Children's Literature, University of Surrey.
This collection aims to make the best of Shakespearean theatre accessible to a younger audience. "Macbeth" is the story of one man's ambition - and the murders that will allow his dreams of fame to become a reality.
When Hamlet's mother remarries shortly after his father's death he's suspicious. And when his father's ghost tells him that he was murdered by the queen's new husband, Hamlet swears to take his revenge. But how...?
This collection aims to make the best of Shakespearean theatre accessible to a younger audience. Richard, Duke of Gloucester, is a ruthless, ambitious man with only one thing on his mind - he's determined to become King of England. Richard will stop at nothing to secure his destiny, not even cold-blooded murder. Can anyone stand in his way? Beautifully illustrated in colour and black and white by Stephen Player. Consultants: Kathy Elgin from the Royal Shakespeare Company and Peter Reynolds from Roehampton Institute of Children's Literature, University of Surrey.
The collection aims to make the best of Shakespearean theatre accessible to a younger audience whilst providing great stories to read. There's trouble afoot in the court of Duke Frederick. Feuding brother Orlando falls in love with the Duke's niece Rosalind, but she must leave the court with her cousin Celia to escape her tyrannical uncle. Orlando also flees from the Duke into the forest of Arden, but just to confuse things, Rosalind is disguised as the boy Gannymede and cannot claim his love. Will the magical forest put things right?
This collection aims to make the best of Shakespeare's theatre accessible to a younger audience whilst providing great stories to read. The ominous Ides of March threaten to destroy Julius Caesar's hold over the Roman Senate. He is acting too much like a king and a conspiracy is afoot to assassinate him. Brutus is persuaded to join the murderers for the good of Rome but he is haunted by the ghost of Caesar and Antony is determined to turn the people against him.