Linen cloth wrapped hardcover in navy blue with gold foil stamped letters and gloss dust cover white standard paper. Perfect bound with gloss cover white standard paper.Ĭasewrapped with gloss cover white standard paper. Perfect bound with gloss cover c ream standard paper. As always, this edition is complete and unabridged.

Alan Galey - University of Toronto Shakespeare in the Marketplace of Words historicizes his work in valuable, original, and challenging ways. The book includes such famous plays as Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, The Tempest, As You Like It, The Merchant of Venice, and many more.įirst published in 1807, this edition is derived from the book published in 1915 (20 color illustrations by Norman Price) and 1922 (cover and black & white illustrations by Elizabeth Elliot). Lambs engaging book will be essential reading for those seeking a bridge between the study of Shakespeares language and his printing and publishing. Mary Lamb was responsible for the retelling of the comedies, while Charles Lamb retold the tragedies. Contents The Tempest A Midsummer-Nights Dream The Winters Tale Much Ado about Nothing As You Like It The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Merchant of Venice. Keeping Shakespeare’s own words whenever possible but making the plots and language easily accessible, this entertaining and. It is read by Martin Jarvis and Rosalind Ayres two of Britain’s best-loved voice actors.A classic retelling of Shakespeare’s plays intended to be more accessible to children. A great way to enjoy twenty of Shakespeare’s timeless plays, this volume is a retelling of the stories in prose by the famous nineteenth-century brother and sister Charles and Mary Lamb. This collection consists of versions of ten Shakespeare plays including Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Hamlet and Othello. This lively and accessible CD version is compelling listening for all the family, and will prove a great resource and inspiration to students, scholars and newcomers to the Bard alike - in short, everybody who enjoys a really good story beautifully told. Their success was immediate and their appeal quickly extended to an adult readership.

Mary Lamb was responsible for the retelling of the comedies.

Charles and Mary Lamb vividly bring to life the power of Hamlet and Othello. A classic retelling of Shakespeares plays intended to be more accessible to children. Have you ever seen a Shakespeare play and come away without fully understanding it? Or wished you had known the basis of the plot before seeing a play by Shakespeare? Are you studying Shakespeare? Would you like to increase your knowledge of the plays without reading the originals? Then these are probably the recordings for you…īrother and sister team Charles and Mary Lamb originally wrote these stories for children in 1807 based on Shakespeare’s most famous plays. These tales are the perfect introduction to Shakespeares greatest plays. Mary and Charles Lambs Tales from Shakespear (1807) is generally taken as the starting point for the subgenre of childrens Shakespeare, in that it is an.

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