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?Shakespeare For Dummies is exquisite.? ?from the Foreword by Dame Judi Dench, star of ?Mrs. Brown? and "Shakespeare in Love" ?What the film Shakespeare in Love has done to make Shakespeare the man accessible to a general audience, this book will do to make Shakespeare the writer enjoyable.? ?Charlotte J.Headrick, PhD, Professor and Director, Theater Arts, Oregon State University Does the thought of sitting through A Midsummer Night?s Dream give you nightmares? Did Romeo and Juliet seem like a foreign film?without the subtitles? As John Doyle and Ray Lischner prove in this uniquely accessible guide, Shakespeare is not only the greatest writer who ever lived, he?s also a great entertainer?once you get a handle on his wild plots and witty wordplay. Under their guidance, you?ll: Go inside an Elizabethan theater?and find out how they managed with almost no seats, no roof and no women onstage Get a handle on Shakespeare?s language?including all those racy puns and jokes Maximize your enjoyment of his plays and poetry Identify contemporary idioms and phrases that come from Shakespeare?s plays Find Shakespeare festivals and performances in your area Catch ten of the best show ever made of the Bard?s plays and meet ten of the greatest Shakespearean actors of all time In simple, straightforward language, this friendly guide eases you into the wild, wonderful world of Shakespeare. With the help of snappy summaries and scorecards that help you keep track of who?s who, who?s in love with whom, and who?s killed whom in every play, it helps you: Understand Shakespeare the person, his life and times and what makes him so special Make sense of Shakespearean language and why it sounds the way it does Get the inside track on the kinds of stories, characters and settings found in Shakespeare?s plays Appreciate Shakespeare?s sonnets and other non-dramatic poetry A royal feast for the head and heart, Shakespeare?s works have been thrilling audiences for four centuries, as they will four hundred years from now. Now let Shakespeare For Dummies help you to enjoy one the world?s great literary treasures.

Table of Contents:
Foreword. Introduction. PART I: What Makes Shakespeare Special. Chapter 1: Meet William Shakespeare. Chapter 2: Will's World. Chapter 3: Shakespeare in the Modern World. PART II: You Call That English? Chapter 4: Why Does Everyone Talk So Funny? Chapter 5: Did You Hear the One About . ? Chapter 6: How to Read Shakespeare's English. PART III: The Play's the Thing. Chapter 7: Once Upon a Time. Chapter 8: Shakespeare's People: Characters, Actors, and Audiences. Chapter 9: Use Your Imagination. Chapter 10: Reading a Play. Chapter 11: At the Theater. PART IV: Scorecards and Summaries. Chapter 12: Keeping Score. Chapter 13: Comedies. Chapter 14: Histories. Chapter 15: Tragedies. PART V: The Other Poems. Chapter 16: All About the Sonnets. Chapter 17: Narrative and Other Poems. PART VI: The Part of Tens. Chapter 18: The Ten Best Places to Watch Shakespeare's Plays. Chapter 19: Ten Everyday Phrases from Shakespeare. Chapter 20: The Ten Greatest Shakespearean Performers. Chapter 21: Ten Films and Shows Based on Shakespeare's Plays. Index. Book Registration Information.

About the Author :
About the Authors John Doyle, former artistic director of four renowned theater companies in Britain, has directed more than 160 professional productions, including Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, and Much Ado About Nothing. Ray Lischner helped form TACIT (Theater Arts at the California Institute of Technology) and participated in every production. He has performed in several Shakespeare plays, including Romeo and Juliet, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, and Titus Andronicus.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780764551352
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: For Dummies
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 384
  • Weight: 581 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0764551353
  • Publisher Date: 16 Apr 1999
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Width: 185 mm


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