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1) Hamlet

Author

Shakespeare, William

Series

Shakespeare made easy
Oxford school Shakespeare

Language

English

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Formats

Book, CD Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

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Often credited with creating a popular movie audience for Shakespeare, Kenneth Branagh has wanted for many years to bring to the screen the complete, full-length version of Hamlet. His desire becomes a reality when this epic drama, featuring an all-star cast and produced and directed by Branagh, comes to theaters this fall. This tie-in book includes Branagh's Introduction and screenplay, a production diary, color stills, and more.

2) Shakespeare for dummies

Author

Doyle, John

Series

For dummies

Publisher

IDG Books Worldwide, Incorporated

Pub. Date

[1999]

Language

English

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Shakespeare Nonfiction

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Your complete guide to Shakespeare's plays and poems ; scorecards and summaries help you keep track of deaths, marriages, and tricky family relations ; Shakespeare's English explained in plain English.

3) Haunt me still: a novel

Author

Carrell, Jennifer Lee

Series

Interred with their bones volume 2
Kate Stanley

Language

English

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Shakespeare in Fiction

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

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Shakespearean scholar Kate Stanley and Ben Pearl, her partner in crime-solving, find themselves in a desperate race to discover a lost version of "Macbeth," said to contain rituals of witchcraft aimed at conjuring demonic forces to gain forbidden knowledge. However much Kate would like to dismiss such rituals as superstition, someone else appears willing to kill for them--and for the manuscript said to spell them out.

4) Twentieth century interpretations of Macbeth: a collection of critical essays

Series

A Spectrum book
Twentieth century interpretations

Publisher

Prentice-Hall

Pub. Date

c1977

Language

English

5) Twelfth Night, or, What you will

Author

Shakespeare , William

Series

The Pelican Shakespeare
Shakespeare made easy

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

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Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.

6) The complete works of Shakespeare: from the original text

Author

Shakespeare, William

Publisher

The Wellfleet Press

Pub. Date

c1987

Language

English

7) The friendly Shakespeare: a thoroughly painless guide to the best of the bard

Author

Epstein, Norrie

Publisher

Viking

Pub. Date

1992

Language

English

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Shakespeare Nonfiction

8) The Random House book of Shakespeare stories

Author

Matthews, Andrew

Publisher

Random House

Pub. Date

2003

Language

English

Description

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An illustrated collection of stories based on the plays of William Shakespeare.

9) Shakespeare cross-examination

Author

American Bar Association Journal

Publisher

Chicago : Cuneo Press, 1961

Language

English

10) Worlds elsewhere: journeys around Shakespeare's globe

Author

Dickson, Andrew

Publisher

Henry Holt and Company

Pub. Date

[2017]

Language

English

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Shakespeare Nonfiction

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A book about how Shakespeare became fascinated with the world, and how the world became fascinated with ShakespeareRanging ambitiously across four continents and four hundred years, Worlds Elsewhere is an eye-opening account of how Shakespeare went global. Seizing inspiration from the playwrights own fascination with travel, foreignness, and distant worldsworlds Shakespeare never himself exploredAndrew Dickson takes us on an extraordinary journey:...

11) The tempest

Author

Beneduce, Ann

Publisher

Philomel Books

Pub. Date

c1996

Language

English

12) Tales from Shakespeare

Author

Lamb, Charles

Language

English

Description

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Retells the stories of Shakespeare's comedies and tragedies for young people.

13) Romeo & Juliet

Author

Aronson, Billy

Series

Wishbone classics volume 3
Adventures of Wishbone

Publisher

HarperPaperbacks

Pub. Date

c1996

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3

Language

English

14) Speak the speech!: Shakespeare's monologues illuminated

Author

Silverbush, Rhona

Publisher

Faber and Faber

Pub. Date

2002

Language

English

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Shakespeare Nonfiction

15) How Shakespeare changed everything

Author

Marche, Stephen

Publisher

Harper

Pub. Date

c2011

Language

English

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Shakespeare Nonfiction

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Shakespeare is all around us. From nightclubs to Broadway musicals, in voting booths in the American South and the trees of Central Park-William Shakespeare's literary power is so intense and widespread that it intrudes into the material world. Esquire columnist Stephen Marche takes us on a delightful tour through the continuous stream of Shakespeare's influence, summoning up the Bard in the most unexpected places...