Textbook
How to Read a Shakespeare PlayISBN: 978-1-4051-1396-0
Paperback
180 pages
June 2006, ©2006, Wiley-Blackwell
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This clear and succinct book is designed for general readers who
want to know how to go about reading Shakespeare’s works for
pleasure.
- Encourages readers to approach Shakespeare's works
aggressively, interactively, and questioningly
- Focuses on six popular Shakespeare plays - A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Henry IV Part I, Hamlet,
King Lear and The Tempest
- Recommends the best editions, recordings and DVDs / videos of
these plays
- Discusses the production of the plays on stage and screen
- Introduces readers to different genres in Shakespeare –
romantic comedy, English history, tragedy and romance
- Avoids jargon and abstract literary theory