A Midsummer Night's Dream (Enhanced Edition)
Original Text Next to a Filmed Performance - WordPlay™ Shakespeare
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4.8 • 40 Ratings
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
The WordPlay™ Shakespeare Series gives readers a new and better way to understand Shakespeare's works by presenting his peerless verse and prose next to carefully filmed performances.
About The WordPlay™ Series.
This new edition of Shakespeare's work does what no book has done before, by bringing together a full and faithful performance of every line of the play with the full text of the play. Not just a few scenes. Not just the famous soliloquies. The whole play. Readers - whether students or life long learners - get a uniquely clear, rich, and enjoyable experience.
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Coville follows up his version of The Tempest (see p. 84) with a retelling of another of Shakespeare's most popular plays. The fundamental story of magic, mischief and the trials and tribulations of love is preserved through well-chosen use of the original language and Coville's heady prose ("The queen... saw the ass-headed monstrosity through magic-drenched eyes"). Major plot lines are clearly and concisely rendered, but it is the portrayal of the various levels of humor-from Bottom's buffoonery to Puck's gleeful magic-making-that really captures the essence of the play. Nolan's (Dinosaur Dream) sumptuous, painterly watercolors highlight the theatrical setting of the spellbound wood. Gnarled, mossy trees provide the backdrop for a cast of unusually youthful lovers, gossamer-winged fairies (which nod at Rackham's famous interpretations) and a truly puckish Puck. A first-rate entree to the Bard. Ages 7-up.
Customer Reviews
Super Cool!
This is kinda brilliant. Wish I would've had this back in school!
Lovely and useful
I wish I could've made my high school English teachers view this presentation of the plays they taught us. Clear, high-quality performances make the text, characters, and story so much more clear and readable (since these plays were meant to be seen!) without being dumbed down or patronizing to students. Hopeful that more plays will be available in this format in the future!
A wonderful new tool
I wonderfully produced hybrid, the play is brought to life for those for those of us who are not Shakespeare scholars. I really wish I had this as I was suffering through MacBeth in the 8th grade. A rich and engaging product.