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HAMLET: SHAKESPEARE RETOLDShakespeare's 400-year-old language can be tough to understand...but, with Shakespeare Retold, it's easy! Written line-by-line in the same iambic pentameter versification of the originals, it offers a contemporary interpretation of the Bard's lines in the same form and pacing. Quickly understand each character, each plot twist, each convoluted phrase, each befuddling reference. Never get stuck on Shakespeare's language again! A perfect guide for actors, students and the inquisitive, Shakespeare Retold breathes new life into the most intoxicating, beguiling and often frustrating words in the English language. To be, or not to be, that is the question, To live, or not live: I have to wonder. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer Would I find greater honour if I suffered The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, The stinging pain wrought by my wretched luck Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, Instead of fighting back against my troubles, And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; Which, doing so, would kill me? Death. I'd sleep

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PRAISE FOR SHAKESPEARE RETOLD Schools and colleges will stamp and cheer with unrestrained gratitude and delight. - STEPHEN FRY When tackling Hamlet for The Royal Shakespeare Company, James Anthony's Shakespeare Retold would have helped me immensely. For every line, I'd have a lyrically identical modern-day translation that I precisely understood, helping reveal the emphasis and punch of each moment of my stage performance. Every actor would benefit from these compelling translations. - PAAPA ESSIEDU

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James Anthony is an award-winning author, yet comes from a distinctly non-literary background. A former tech-entrepreneur, he followed his passion for poetry by 'translating' all 154 of Shakespeare's sonnets, published by Penguin Random House in 2018. James writes across many genres, including travel, screenplays, and fiction, but retains an enduring love of the poetics of Shakespeare's iambic pentameter. After spending many years in the US, James now lives in his native London with his beloved wife Versha. For more information on James's writing, visit www.james-anthony.com James Anthony is an award-winning author, yet comes from a distinctly non-literary background. A former tech-entrepreneur, he followed his passion for poetry by 'translating' all 154 of Shakespeare's sonnets, published by Penguin Random House in 2018. James writes across many genres, including travel, screenplays, and fiction, but retains an enduring love of the poetics of Shakespeare's iambic pentameter. After spending many years in the US, James now lives in his native London with his beloved wife Versha. For more information on James's writing, visit www.james-anthony.com

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