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Tackling Romeo and Juliet? Easily understand every line and quickly master Shakespeare's classic tragedy of young love and family feuding. Does Shakespeare's 400-year-old language often leave you confused? Do you wish there was an easier way to get to the heart of the story without tedious cross-referencing? Award-winning Shakespearean author James Anthony unlocks each line of Romeo and Juliet via a modern, versified retelling alongside the br...

Tackling The Merchant of Venice? Easily understand every line and quickly master Shakespeare's tale of love and revenge. Does Shakespeare's 400-year-old language often leave you confused? Do you wish there was an easier way to get to the heart of the story without tedious cross-referencing? Award-winning Shakespearean author James Anthony unlocks each line of The Merchant of Venice via a modern, versified retelling alongside the brilliant ori...

TWELFTH NIGHT: SHAKESPEARE RETOLDShakespeare's 400-year-old language can be tough to understand...but, with Shakespeare Retold, it's easy!Written line-by-line in the same iambic pentameter versification of the originals, it offers a contemporary interpretation of the Bard's lines in the same form and pacing.Quickly understand each character, each plot twist, each convoluted phrase, each befuddling reference. Never get stuck on Shakespeare's la...

HAMLET: SHAKESPEARE RETOLD Shakespeare's 400-year-old language can be tough to understand...but, with Shakespeare Retold, it's easy! Written line-by-line in the same iambic pentameter versification of the originals, it offers a contemporary interpretation of the Bard's lines in the same form and pacing. Quickly understand each character, each plot twist, each convoluted phrase, each befuddling reference. Never get stuck on Shakespeare's la...

JULIUS CAESAR: SHAKESPEARE RETOLD Shakespeare's 400-year-old language can be tough to understand...but, with Shakespeare Retold, it's easy! Written line-by-line in the same iambic pentameter versification of the originals, it offers a contemporary interpretation of the Bard's lines in the same form and pacing. Quickly understand each character, each plot twist, each convoluted phrase, each befuddling reference. Never get stuck on Shakespea...

-> Henry V (GB 1989): Durch einen Eklat und sein eingefordertes Erbrecht sieht sich Heinrich V. von England berufen, den Thron Frankreichs einzunehmen. Angestachelt durch ihren mächtigen und tapferen König ziehen die Truppen durch Frankreich. Bei der Stadt Agincourt soll es zur entscheidenden Schlacht kommen. Doch als die englischen Truppen vorwärts ziehen, lässt der französische Dauphin die im Lager Heinrichs zurückgebliebenen Soldaten hint...

Rediscover the greatest love poetry ever writtenShall I compare you to a summer's day?You're more delightful, always shining strong, High winds blow hard on flowering buds in May, And summer never seems to last that long...Shakespeare's sonnets are some of the nation's favourite lines of verse, but the Elizabethan language can make it difficult to really understand them. Many guides offer to clarify the meaning, but lose the magic of the words...

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets, Retold by William Shakespeare and James Anthony, with a foreword by Stephen Fry.

An enlightening and entertaining collection of the most esteemed love poems in the English canon, retold in contemporary language everyone can understand James Anthony has long enjoyed poetry with a strict adherence to beat, rhythm, and rhyming patterns, which he likens to the very best pop songs. This drew him to the rewarding 14-line structure of Shakespeare's sonnets, yet he often found their abstract language frustratingly unintelligible. ...

William Shakespeare (Author)William Shakespeare was born in 1564, the son of a glove-maker from Stratford-upon-Avon, and spent much of his adult life in London. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. Shakespeare¿s poetry first appeared in 1593, dedicated to his patron Henry Wriothesley, the 3rd Earl of Southampton. It is unknown when he wrote each sonnet, but the collection was first published in 1609. He died in...