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90-minute Shakespeare

2001
An adaptation of William Shakespeare's play about the tragic love between Romeo and Juliet that can be performed in ninety minutes.

The merchant of Venice

2001
An introduction to Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice," telling the story of the play about a creditor who demands a pound of flesh as payment of a defaulted debt and a man who must solve a riddle game to win the hand of his love, with excerpts from the text, descriptions of the main characters, and background information on the customs of the time.

Shakespeare set free

teaching Hamlet, Henry IV, Part 1
1994
Presents ideas for teaching two Shakespeare plays in the classroom and through performance, with handouts, sample lesson plans, and homework assignments.

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The Wednesday wars
During the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood stays in Mrs. Baker's classroom where they read the plays of William Shakespeare and Holling learns much of value about the world he lives in.

Prince of Cats

A hip-hop retelling of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet that focuses on Tybalt (derisively referred to as "the Prince of Cats") and his Capulet crew as they do battle nightly with the hated Montagues. Set in a Blade Runner-esque version of Brooklyn, Prince of Cats is a mix of urban melodrama, samurai action and classic Shakespearean theater...all written in iambic pentameter!.

Shakespeare's tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

2012
Presents the complete text of Shakespeare's classic drama of revenge of the death of Hamlet's father.

Macbeth

In graphic novel format, retells the story of Macbeth, who plots to sieze the throne of Scotland.

Julius Caesar

A graphic novel adaptation of William Shakespeare's play about the first emperor of ancient Rome, the conspiracy to assassinate him, and the civil war that follows his murder.

Othello

Contains full explanatory notes on pages facing the text of the play.

Hamlet ; Macbeth ; El mercader de Venecia ; Noche de reyes

A Spanish language translation of Shakespeare's plays Hamlet, Macbeth, The Mechant of Venice, and Twelfth Night.

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