Shakespeare For Children

Publisher's Summary

Originally written to be an "introduction to the study of Shakespeare," Shakespeare for Children is much more entertaining than that---some of Shakespeare's best-loved plays, comic and tragic, are retold in a clear and robust style. Charles and Mary Lamb introduce children to the magic of Shakespeare with these ten favorite tales. Although simplified, these stories don't underestimate young readers; they keep the complexity, twists of plot, and turns of fate found in the originals. And their literary quality has made them popular and sought-after ever since their first publication in 1807. Included in this edition are: ---"The Tempest" ---"A Midsummer Night's Dream" ---"Much Ado About Nothing" ---"King Lear" ---"Macbeth" ---"The Taming of the Shrew" ---"Twelfth Night; or, What You Will" ---"Romeo and Juliet" ---"Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" ---"Othello"

About the Author

Charles Lamb (1774–1834) was a nineteenth-century English poet and essayist whose best-known works Essays of Elia and The Last Essays of Elia include such titles as "The Two Races of Men," "Mrs. Battle's Opinions on Whist," "My First Play," "Sanity of True Genius," "Confessions of a Drunkard," and "A Bachelor's Complaint of the Behaviour of Married People." His first poems appeared in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s collection Poems on Various Subjects, and his early epigrams, plays, and essays were printed in such publications as the Albion, the Morning Chronicle, and the Morning Post. Lamb also collaborated with his sister, Mary, on many works, including Tales from Shakespeare, as well as with Charles Lloyd on Blank Verse.