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John McCann - Brick Shakespeare : The Complete Set read book FB2, EPUB, TXT

9781629145273
English

1629145270
Enjoy four of Shakespeare's tragedies told with LEGO bricks. Here are Hamlet , Macbeth , Romeo and Juliet , and Julius Caesar enacted scene by scene, captioned by excerpts from the plays. Flip through one thousand color photographs as you enjoy Shakespeare's iconic poetry and marvel at what can be done with the world's most popular children's toy. Watch the brick Hamlet give his famous "To be or not to be" soliloquy, and feel brick Ophelia's grief as she meets her watery end. Lady Macbeth in brick form brings new terror to "Out, out, damn spot!" and brick Romeo and Juliet are no less star-crossed for being rectangular and plastic. The warm familiarity of bricks lends levity to Shakespeare's tragedies while remaining true to his original language. The ideal book for Shakespeare enthusiasts, as well as a fun way to introduce children to Shakespeare's masterpieces, this book employs Shakespeare's original, characteristic language in abridged form. Though the language stays true to its origins, the unique format of these well-known tragedies will give readers a new way to enjoy one of the most popular playwrights in history., Never before have Shakespeare's plays been depicted in LEGO bricks, and now "Brick Shakespeare: The Tragedies--Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Julius Caesar" and "Brick Shakespeare: The Comedies--A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing, and The Taming of the Shrew" are available in one extraordinary hardcover box set. With over two thousand color photographs depicting the most well-known scenes in some of Shakespeare's most well-known plays (including a bonus double-sided, full-color poster), this box set is the perfect gift for your LEGO- and Shakespeare-loving friends and family Fall in love with LEGO Juliet on her balcony as Romeo proclaims his love. See the full effect of Lady Macbeth's manic "Out, out, damn spot " in a whole new way. Laugh along with LEGO Puck as he mischievously hassles the lovers in the woods. Cast a storm with brick Prospero as he strands his usurping brother on his deserted island. With this beautiful, two-book collector's set, you can continue to be amazed by Shakespeare as illustrated by your favorite toy.

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A colourful Renaissance man educated at Merton College, Oxford, Neville's life experience precisely matches that revealed in the plays.Casson and Rubinstein take us on a breath-taking journey of discovery through the development of Shakespeare's plays and poetry, compellingly drawing close parallels between the works and events in Neville's life.Robert Lopez is the author of two novels, Part of the World and Kamby Bolongo Mean River , and the story collection Asunder .Over 1000 new quotes have been added for this edition, and the dictionary includes special categories such as Catchphrases, Film Lines, Official Advice, and Political Slogans.The commentary gives detailed explication of matters of language, staging, text, and historical and cultural contexts, providing coverage that is both carefully balanced and alert to nuance of meaning.This dramatic experience is at the heart of the series with students encouraged to share Shakespeare's love of language, interest in character and sense of theatre.Trixie will do anything to get her name ranked over Ben's, including give up sleep and comic bookswell, maybe not comic booksbut definitely sleep.This is the most authoritative paperback dictionary of quotations available.DAN CHAON, author of "Await Your Reply" and "Stay Awake" Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, claims Samuel Beckett.On television, he advertises everything from cars to fast food; his imagined love life was declared the best movie of 1998; his birthplace, the tiny Warwickshire village of Stratford-Upon-Avon, has been transformed into a theme park of staggering commercialism, and the New globe, in its second season, is already a far bigger business than the old Globe could have ever hoped to be.The expert contributors explore the academic pursuits of the scholars of Oxford: theology, primarily, but also philosophy, mathematics, law and medicine.