Tales from Shakespeare

by Charles Lamb

Overview

Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb was written to be an 'introduction to the study of Shakespeare', but are much more entertaining than that. All of Shakespeare's best-loved plays, comic and tragic, are retold in a clear and robust style, and their literary quality has made them popular and sought-after ever since their first publication in 1807.

This edition contains the delightful pen-and-ink drawings of Arthur Rackham.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781853261404
Publisher:	Wordsworth Editions, Limited
Publication date:	12/01/1999
Series:	Classics Library Series
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.03(w) x 7.73(h) x 0.63(d)
Lexile:	1390L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

About the Author

Marcia Williams went to visit the Globe Theatre while it was being rebuilt. "It wasn't until I was actually there," she says, "that the full impact of the environment hit me. Elizabethan actors didn't rehearse; and the audience was encouraged to cheer when they liked something and to shout (and throw things) when they didn't. It must have been quite a scene."

Table of Contents

	Preface	vii
	The Tempest	1
	A Midsummer Night's Dream	16
	The Winter's Tale	31
	Much Ado About Nothing	45
	As You Like It	61
	The Two Gentlemen of Verona	82
	The Merchant of Venice	99
	Cymbeline	116
	King Lear	133
	Macbeth	152
	All's Well That Ends Well	166
	The Taming of the Shrew	182
	The Comedy of Errors	196
	Measure for Measure	214
	Twelfth Night; or, What You Will	233
	Timon of Athens	250
	Romeo and Juliet	267
	Hamlet, Prince of Denmark	289
	Othello	309
	Pericles, Prince of Tyre	326