Stories from Shakespeare / Geraldine McCaughrean ; [cover?] illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark.
Material type: TextPublisher: London : Orion Children's Books, 2017Copyright date: ©1994Description: 167 pages ; 20 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781510101456
- 1510101454
- Short stories. Selections
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 823.914 M123 | Available | 33111009241569 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Ten of Shakespeare's greatest plays, retold for children by multi-award winning author Geraldine McCaughrean.
From love, jealousy, greed and betrayal to mad kings, magic and murder, Geraldine McCaughrean retells some of Shakespeare's best-known stories, including Romeo and Juliet, Henry the Fifth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth and The Tempest.
With easy to follow prose punctuated with well-known quotations and featuring a cast list for each play, this accessible collection will delight and entertain readers of all ages.
Text originally published 1994.
Introduction -- Romeo and Juliet -- Henry the Fifth -- A midsummer night's dream -- Julius Caesar -- Hamlet -- Twelfth night -- Othello -- King Lear -- Macbeth -- The tempest.
From love, jealousy, greed and betrayal to mad kings, magic and murder, Geraldine McCaughrean retells some of Shakespeare's best-known stories, including Romeo and Juliet, Henry the Fifth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth and The Tempest.