Here are the books that help teach Shakespeare plays without the teacher constantly needing to explain and define Elizabethan terms, slang, and other ways of expression that are different from our own. Each play is presented with Shakespeare's original lines on each left-hand page, and a modern, easy-to-understand "translation" on the facing right-hand page. All dramas are complete, with every original Shakespearian line, and a full-length modern rendition of the text. These invaluable teaching-study guides also include: Helpful background information that puts each play in its historical perspective. Discussion questions that teachers can use to spark student class participation, and which students can use as springboards for their own themes and term papers. Fact quizzes, sample examinations, and other features that improve student comprehension of what each play is about.
The authoritative edition of Much Ado About Nothing from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers.
Classic light comedy, fully sustained in the spirit of the plays of this genre.
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Much Ado About Nothing presents a battle of the sexes in more ways than one: as both a lightning-fast skirmish of wits between two famously disputatious lovers, and a near-deadly conflict built on conventions of gender and male rivalry.
In 1996, Michael Boyd's production was staged in another enclosed courtyard, but its eclectic nature failed to please: "The costumes are Elizabethan enough but Tom Piper's set is decidedly odd, a mixture of 18th-century drawing-room, ...
An adaptation for young readers of Shakespeare's 'Much ado about nothing'.
This book is a modern translation of Much Ado About Nothing The original text is also presented in the book, along with a comparable version of the modern text. We all need refreshers every now and then.
Designed to be used and to be useful, each edition has plenty of space for personal annotations and the well-spaced text is easy to read and to navigate.
A retelling in rhymed couplets of Shakespeare's classic play is accompanied by illustrations from the author's second-grade class.
Much Ado about Nothing: a Play in One Act