1564-1616

Looks at stories about William Shakespeare and questions if they are fact or fiction.

This CD features excerpts and scenes from the Bard's most popular plays as you've never heard them before-rapped over catchy beats and performed in contemporary styles. This is the most innovative way to bring Shakespeare to life for today's students.

Brilliantly adapted from Shakespeare's play, the opera follows the adventures of four lovers and a group of naieve rustics who, in a wood on a moonstruck midsummer night, fall foul of Oberon and Tytania, the quarrelling king and queen of the fairies.

As well as the complete and unabridged text, each play in this series has an extensive range of students' notes. These include detailed explanations of difficult words and passages, a synopsis of the plot and summaries of individual scenes, and notes on the main characters.