William Shakespeare

Julius Caesar William Shakespeare

Brief Description: Brutus, best friend of the Roman ruler Caesar, reluctantly joins a successful plot to murder Caesar and subsequently destroys himself. Includes notes and an introduction. Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-148).; Brutus, best friend of the Roman ruler Caesar, reluctantly joins a successful plot to murder Caesar and subsequently destroys himself. Includes notes and an introduction. Publisher Marketing: The Boynton/Cook editions of four of Shakespeare's most popular plays have been reissued with attractive new cover designs and printed on more opaque, easy-to-read paper. This series is specifically designed for high school classes. Students will be able to see each play as a whole. In their introduction to each of the plays, editors Mack and Boynton suggest ways of approaching the text that allow the reader a broad range of imaginative involvement. Their observations are intended to help students read and experience the play, not to discourage them with critical jargon or peripheral historical information. Students will be reading the best text both in terms of visual excellence and quality of scholarship. They'll immediately appreciate the large page format and highly readable typography. Each volume is consistent with the most authoritative early edition of each play. The glosses are full and clear but don't belabor the obvious or clutter the text. Background information includes the editors' detailed analysis of the Elizabethan theatre and its relation to Shakespeare's dramaturgy, C. W. Hodges's drawing re-creating the original Globe Playhouse, a brief account of Shakespeare's life and a chronological listing of his works, and a bibliography, lists of videotapes (VHS), records, and tapes of the complete plays. Students will experience added critical and imaginative dimensions. An essay following each play suggests ways of approaching it as a live dramatic experience in the theatre of the mind. The concern is not how the play might be produced in a theatre, but rather how parts of it may be realized in the imagination through close attention to what the language is saying and suggesting. Students can get a deeper understanding of each scene through helpful, detailed questions included at the back of each volume. These questions encourage group discussion or written response. Also included are topics for longer papers. Review Citations:

School Library Journal 07/01/2009 pg. 103 (EAN 9780764140105, Paperback)

Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2009 pg. 383 (EAN 9780764140105, Paperback)

School Library Journal 07/01/2009 pg. 103 (EAN 9780764161414, Hardcover)

Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2009 pg. 383 (EAN 9780764161414, Hardcover)

Library Journal 10/15/2006 pg. 97 (EAN 9780300108095, Paperback)

Kliatt 11/01/2005 pg. 53 (EAN 9781932219166, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2007 pg. 492 (EAN 9780140714685, Paperback)

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2011 pg. 606 (EAN 9780140714685, Paperback)

School Library Journal 10/01/1999 (EAN 9780754050858, Analog Audio Cassette)

Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2013 pg. 132 (EAN 9789380741802, Paperback)

School Library Journal 11/01/2013 pg. 123 (EAN 9789380741802, Paperback)

Contributor Bio:  Shakespeare, William William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. His father, John Shakespeare, was a store owner and a farmer, and at one point, also served as the town's mayor. William was the third of eight children. He was married to Anne Hathaway who was eight years older than himself. They had three children: Susanna (1583), and twins Hamnet and Judith (1585). Shakespeare wrote 36 plays, 154 Sonnets and two narrative poems. He died on April 23, 1616, and was buried at Trinity Church in Stratford, England. Contributor Bio:  Mack, Maynard Maynard Mack is Sterling Professor of English Emeritus at Yale University.