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Author
Publisher
Graphic Planet, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Romeo and Juliet, each from an Italian family that despises the other, desperately try to be together in their rash and youthful love, with tragic results. Includes discussion prompts, fun facts, a short biography of Shakespeare, and famous phrases from the play. A glossary is also included.
Author
Publisher
Graphic Planet, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Hilarious mix-ups and mishaps befall Athens and its people when suddenly everyone is in love with the wrong person, and Fairy King Oberon does his best to untangle the mess. Includes discussion prompts, fun facts, a short biography of Shakespeare, and famous phrases from the play. A glossary is also included.
Author
Publisher
Graphic Planet, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Iago is angry when his general, Othello, denies him a promotion, so he manipulates Othello into believing his wife is unfaithful, with tragic results. Includes discussion prompts, fun facts, a short biography of Shakespeare, and famous phrases from the play. A glossary is also included.
Author
Publisher
Graphic Planet, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
As King Lear tries to split his kingdom among his three daughters, the chaos and mistrust that ensue drive him mad. Includes discussion prompts, fun facts, a short biography of Shakespeare, and famous phrases from the play. A glossary is also included.
Author
Publisher
Graphic Planet, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
After the death of Denmark's King Hamlet, his ghost appears and tells his son, also called Hamlet, to avenge his wrongful death, which leads to more tragedy. Includes discussion prompts, fun facts, a short biography of Shakespeare, and famous phrases from the play. A glossary is also included.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" is a gripping political drama that delves into the complex themes of power, betrayal, and the consequences of ambition.
Set in ancient Rome, the play unfolds in the wake of Caesar's triumphant return from war. As the city celebrates his victories, a group of senators, including Brutus and Cassius, grows increasingly concerned about Caesar's growing influence and potential tyranny. They plot his assassination...
Author
Series
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
A modern retelling of "The Taming of the Shrew" follows the experiences of a preschool teacher who alienates others by speaking her mind and who is expected by her eccentric father to marry his assistant to prevent the young man's deportation.
Author
Series
Publisher
Hogarth, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Edition
First United States edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Felix is at the top of his game as artistic director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival. His productions have amazed and confounded. Now he's staging a Tempest like no other: not only will it boost his reputation, it will heal emotional wounds. Or that was the plan. Instead, after an act of unforeseen treachery, Felix is living in exile in a backwoods hovel, haunted by memories of his beloved lost daughter, Miranda. And brewing revenge. After 12 years...
Author
Series
Publisher
Playaway Digital Audio
Pub. Date
[2008], p2005
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 sound media player (ca. 8 hr.) : digital ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. + 1 course guide (96 p. : ill.).
Language
English
Description
Shakespeare invented characters in a new kind of way. He not only gave them personality and depth, he gave them life. Not a life that went simply from point to point, but one that developed rather than unfolded. In so doing, Shakespeare created characters with whom everyone can identify, whether the characters were kings and queens or fools and merchants. Renowned Shakespearian scholar Professor Harold Bloom presents Shakespeare's seven major tragedies...
11) Macbeth
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in the 1970s in a run-down, rainy industrial town, Jo Nesbo's Macbeth centers around a police force struggling to shed an incessant drug problem. Duncan, chief of police, is idealistic and visionary, a dream to the townspeople but a nightmare for criminals. The drug trade is ruled by two drug lords, one of whom--a master of manipulation named Hecate--has connections with the highest in power, and plans to use them to get his way.
Author
Publisher
Graphic Planet, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When three witches foretell that Scottish general Macbeth will be king, he and his wife decide to fulfill the prophecy by murdering the present king in his sleep. Includes discussion prompts, fun facts, a short biography of Shakespeare, and famous phrases from the play. A glossary is also included.
13) Julius Caesar
Publisher
Ambrose Video
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (161 minutes) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
15) Macbeth
Publisher
Ambrose Video Publishing
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (148 minutes) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This savage tragedy is one of Shakespeare's most enduringly popular. Told by a trio of witches that he is fated to become King of Scotland, the warrior Macbeth, aided by his wife, in his quest for power murders his king and assumes the throne. The two embark on a guilt-ridden reign of terror.
Series
Publisher
Ambrose Video Publishing
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 minutes) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three plots intertwine: the entangled love affairs of Demetrius and Helena, Lysander and Hermia, the comic performance of a "play within a play" by the tradesmen of Athens and the antics in fairyland of King Oberon and Queen Titania.
