Overview
Ten of Shakespeare's most popular plays-A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, The Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, Twelfth Night, and Macbeth-are presented in story form. Easy to read and understand, each chapter is devoted to one play and includes quotations and an analysis of the main characters. Background material on Shakespeare and the Elizabethan theater are also given. This beautiful, profusely illustrated book is for children, but is suitable for all ages.