SHAKESPEARE STORIES: KING LEAR
Product ID: 104594244
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Foolish and bad-tempered, King Lear divides the kingdom between his two wicked daughters, disowns his honest youngest daughter and banishes his friends. As the kingdom falls apart and Lear's humiliation turns him mad, will he finally realise what he has done? With Notes on Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre and Chaos and Old Age in King Lear.The tales have been retold using accessible language and with the help of Tony Ross's engaging black-and-white illustrations, each play is vividly brought to life allowing these culturally enriching stories to be shared with as wide an audience as possible.Have you read all of The Shakespeare Stories books? Available in this series: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Antony and Cleopatra, Much Ado About Nothing, The Merchant of Venice, Henry V, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, Othello, The Taming of the Shrew, Richard III, and King Lear. Review: Lot of mistakes leading to confusion - Lot of mistakes in the book.. for instance, it was Edmund(Gloucester's illegitimate son) who had ordered Cordelia's execution, but here it says Edgar... Pretty confusing for the little ones... Review: It was not in good condition. - The book contains un-attached pages. It was not in good condition.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.1 out of 5 stars 39 Reviews |
P**R
Lot of mistakes leading to confusion
Lot of mistakes in the book.. for instance, it was Edmund(Gloucester's illegitimate son) who had ordered Cordelia's execution, but here it says Edgar... Pretty confusing for the little ones...
A**Y
It was not in good condition.
The book contains un-attached pages. It was not in good condition.
W**E
Five Stars
Great way of teaching children about Shakespeare and refreshing your own knowledge of his works! Good purchase!
T**H
Good but difficult to understand
I thought this book was very good to read but like Robert and the dog walker it was hard to understand Brilliant book about greed ,assasination, betrayed, confidence and love in between kids and their parents a story a bit about the French and the English because the princess marries a French king.I am very happy to say to chose this book and read it again and again because it is one of the best books I have ever read. Please buy this book and read all the Shakespeare books because he has an amazing talent for plays and stories.I would recommend this book for 9-17 year old s. This book is good for children teenagers and adults.There is also a free version on the kindle.
S**E
Every child should have this collection.
Excellent. Part of collection of 16 brilliant books
D**1
Five Stars
Great adaptation for children of Shakespeare's work
T**R
Don't they have proof readers?
It seems in the haste to publish another best-seller they did Shakespeare a huge dis-service. As mentioned before the evil Edmund is killed off by his half-brother Edgar only to magically return at the end of the story as the hero! It's all rather sloppy and makes me wonder whether the other books in the series are equally shoddy. Not only is the story wrong, but if you look closely the illustrations for Edgar and Edmund seem muddled on some of the pages. It seems they've really not understood the characters and depicted them in a way that would be quite confusing for children. I bought this for my daughter as we were about to see a Young People's Shakespeare production of King Lear at Stratford, which I should add was fantastic. In fact, a child's ticket for the performance was the same price as this book! They need to revise this edition quickly.
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