Description: Shakespeare's plays tell the stories of kings and queens, of ghosts and witches, of romance and passion. But to get to the stories at the heart of the Bard's plays, the reader must first work through Shakespeare's language -- a task often too demanding for younger readers (and for many adults). This new paperback edition brings ten of Shakespeare's greatest plays to life. E. Nesbit, the classic British children's author, shakes off the burdensome complexity of Shakespeare's language and tells the stories at the core of the plays with a generous sprinkle of wit and humor. The lively text is illustrated with dramatic black and white photographs from modern-day productions of the plays. A foreword by Iona Opie and an afterword by Peter Hunt, both reading scholars of children's literature, frame the retellings.

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