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Author Doyle, John (Stage director)

Title Shakespeare for dummies / by John Doyle and Ray Lischner ; foreword by Dame Judi Dench
Edition First edition
Published Foster City, Calif. : IDG Books Worldwide : Wiley Publishing, 1999

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 W'BOOL  820.33 T7544  AVAILABLE
Description xx, 363 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series ... for dummies
--For dummies.
Contents Machine derived contents note: Foreword. -- Introduction. -- PART I: What Makes Shakespeare Special. -- Chapter 1: Meet William Shakespeare. -- Chapter 2: Will's World. -- Chapter 3: Shakespeare in the Modern World. -- PART II: You Call That English? -- Chapter 4: Why Does Everyone Talk So Funny? -- Chapter 5: Did You Hear the One About ? -- Chapter 6: How to Read Shakespeare's English. -- PART III: The Play's the Thing. -- Chapter 7: Once Upon a Time. -- Chapter 8: Shakespeare's People: Characters, Actors, and Audiences. -- Chapter 9: Use Your Imagination. -- Chapter 10: Reading a Play. -- Chapter 11: At the Theater. -- PART IV: Scorecards and Summaries. -- Chapter 12: Keeping Score. -- Chapter 13: Comedies. -- Chapter 14: Histories. -- Chapter 15: Tragedies. -- PART V: The Other Poems. -- Chapter 16: All About the Sonnets. -- Chapter 17: Narrative and Other Poems. -- PART VI: The Part of Tens. -- Chapter 18: The Ten Best Places to Watch Shakespeare's Plays. -- Chapter 19: Ten Everyday Phrases from Shakespeare. -- Chapter 20: The Ten Greatest Shakespearean Performers. -- Chapter 21: Ten Films and Shows Based on Shakespeare's Plays. -- Index. -- Book Registration Information
Summary A guide to the comedies, tragedies, and histories of the renowned playwright and poet includes plot and main character summaries, and an overview of sentence structure and word use
Notes Includes index
Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Language.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Dramatic works.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Appreciation.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Study and teaching.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Outlines, syllabi, etc.
Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals.
Outlines and syllabi.
Handbooks and manuals.
Outlines and syllabi.
Author Dench, Judi, 1934-
Lischner, Ray, 1961-
LC no. 99062007 99062259
ISBN 0764551353