"Midsummer Night's Dream" by Alistair Mccallum
The Shakespeare Handbooks provide a helpful, straightforward guide to the work of the world's most celebrated dramatist. Along with a clear, easy-to-follow description of the plot, each book contains plenty of quotations from the text - with simple explanations of any unfamiliar words and phrases - and some thought-provoking comments from critics, past and present. The Shakespeare Handbooks include a few intriguing Shakespearean facts and figures, too. How old was Shakespeare when he wrote A Midsummer Night's Dream? How did he smuggle in a subtle compliment to Queen Elizabeth I - and a gentle put-down to one of his critics? What did Samuel Pepys think of the play? Which topics are mentioned more frequently in this play than in any other by Shakespeare? And which piece of music inspired by A Midsummer Night's Dream is played week in and week out all over the world? If you're apprehensive about approaching a Shakespeare play, the Shakespeare Handbooks provide the perfect introduction. They're ideal for students, theatregoers - in fact, anyone curious to know more about the greatest plays in the English language. These are a few of the appreciative comments we've received about the Shakespeare HandbooksTremendously useful in helping to understand Shakespeare's works - Dame Judi Dench.
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Alistair McCallum grew up in Stratford-on-Avon and studied at the Warwick School and Cambridge University. He has taught English language and literature to overseas students and now works on the Bookworms and Playscripts series for Oxford University Press in addition to his own Shakespeare Handbooks.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781899747092 |
| ISBN 10 | 1899747095 |
| Title | "Midsummer Night's Dream" |
| Author | Alistair Mccallum |
| Series | Shakespeare Handbooks |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Upstart Crow Publications |
| Year published | 1998-06-22 |
| Number of pages | 68 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |