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Green Tiger's illustrated stories from Shakespeare : Midsummer nights dream ; The tempest ; As you like it ; Twelfth night ; Much ado about nothing ; Two gentleman [sic] of Verona ; All wells [sic] that ends well ; The comedy of errors ; Taming of the shrew / as told by E. Nesbit ; compiled by Benjamin Darling.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: [S.I.] : Green Tiger Press, c2011.Description: [6], 109 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), port. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 1595833625
  • 9781595833624
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Contents:
As you like it -- Hamlet -- The comedy of errors -- Twelfth Night -- The tempest -- Taming of the shrew -- Romeo and Juliet -- Much ado about nothing -- Midsummer nights dream -- The merchant of Venice.
Summary: Author Edith Nesbit has rewritten ten of Shakespeare's plays in narrative form, retaining much of the original language, and thus the flavor of the dramas. For each play the compiler selected images from great illustrators including Arthur Rackham, Louis Rhead, Charles Robinson, W. Heath Robinson, Hugh Thomson and Max Bihn.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 822.33 N458 Available 33111006752683
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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After taking her children to visit Shakespeare's house, E. Nesbit - one of the greatest of children's novelists - was faced with a conundrum:

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nbsp;"I can't understand a word of it," said Iris.nbsp;

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"And you said it was so beautiful," Rosamund added, reproachfully. "What does it all mean?"

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"Yes," Iris went on, "you said it was a fairy tale, and we've read three pages, and there's nothing about fairies, not even a dwarf, or a fairy god mother."

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"And what does 'misgraffed' mean?"

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"and 'vantage,' and 'austerity,' and 'belike,' and 'edict,' and--"


"stop, stop," I cried; I will tell you the story."

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And she did, eventually publishing her retellings of 20 of Shakespeare's plays, of which we have included ten.

We have selected for each play images from such great illustrators as Walter Crane, Charles Folkard, Lewis Rhead, Charles Robinson W. Heath Robinson, and Hugh Thomson and, of course, Arthur Rackham.

Though less well known than Charles and Mary Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare , E. Nesbit's retellings of these plays are concise and straightforward, yet retain the magic of the Bard's language. The Green Tiger's Illustrated Shakespeare will make a delightful introduction to this essential body of literature.

Two plays found in the subtitle on the title page are not found in the table of contents and are not included in this compilation: Two gentlemen of Verona and Alls well that ends well.

As you like it -- Hamlet -- The comedy of errors -- Twelfth Night -- The tempest -- Taming of the shrew -- Romeo and Juliet -- Much ado about nothing -- Midsummer nights dream -- The merchant of Venice.

Author Edith Nesbit has rewritten ten of Shakespeare's plays in narrative form, retaining much of the original language, and thus the flavor of the dramas. For each play the compiler selected images from great illustrators including Arthur Rackham, Louis Rhead, Charles Robinson, W. Heath Robinson, Hugh Thomson and Max Bihn.

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