Shakespeare Made Easy: Twelfth Night

by Alan Durband (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1998

  $3.31

  Full comprehension of the plays is gained from the line-by-line modern English translation given on facing pages. Understanding of the plays is increased as pupils take part in the variety of related activities included in each book. The significance of the plays is reinforced by sections discussing Shakespeare's life, works and theatre. Pupils are encouraged to understand the language, characters, structure and themes of the plays by completion of practical exercises.

• Used

  Paperback
  1986

  $3.31

  Here to enhance any young person's enjoyment and understanding of Shakespeare is a new addition to Oxford's definitive paperback series. Twelfth Night is one of Shakespeare's most engaging comedies with characters that remain alive even today: Viola speaks for every young girl in love; drunken rogues like Sir Toby Belch still take advantage of cowardly weaklings like Sir Andrew Aguecheek, and plot the downfall of pompous officials like Malvolio.
  Like all the volumes in the series, the book contains the full text of the play, notes on the main characters, simple explanations of difficult words and phrases, a scene-by- scene commentary, and a brief biography of the bard. Each page is divided into two columns so that the text and accompanying notes appear side by side. Attractive line drawings appear throughout.
  Editor Roma Gill's sensitivity to first-time readers of Shakespeare makes this series truly accessible. In her introduction she says, Don't worry too much if you don't fully understand the language at first. A modern poet, T. S. Eliot, said that the best poetry, even in a foreign language, will mean something to the reader before it is properly understood.
  Also in the Oxford School Shakespeare series:
  As You Like It -831934-7
  Henry IV, Part I -831948-7
  Julius Caesar -831935-5
  Macbeth -831933-9
  Merchant of Venice -831936-3
  Midsummer Night's Dream -831938-X
  Romeo and Juliet -831937-1

• New

  Paperback
  1997

  $6.65