Tales from Shakespeare

Product Description With the help of Marcia Williams's signature comic-strip style, the bard's 400-year-old masterpieces come to life for a new generation of readers. Come wend your way along London’s Thames River to the Globe Theatre, where seven favorite Shakespearean plays are being performed! Marcia Williams brings to life  Romeo and Juliet,  A Midsummer Night's Dream, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Macbeth, The Winter's Tale, and  The Tempest, making liberal use of Shakespeare’s rich dialogue. With the help of her signature comic-strip style, the Bard’s 400-year-old masterworks become as relevant to young readers today as they were to theatergoers way back then. Review "An inviting taste of the Shakespearean buffet, as well as a rare glimpse into the character of Elizabethan theater." About the Author Marcia Williams went to visit the Globe Theatre while it was being rebuilt. "It wasn't until I was actually there," she says, "that the full impact of the environment hit me. Elizabethan actors didn't rehearse; and the audience was encouraged to cheer when they liked something and to shout (and throw things) when they didn't. It must have been quite a scene."