Overview
TWELFTH NIGHT: 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. If music be the food of love, play on; If music is the fuel of love, play on! Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, Play tunes aplenty till I've heard too much, The appetite may sicken, and so die. And then these pangs will pale and fade away. That strain again! it had a dying fall. Play that refrain again; I found it haunting.
Full Product Details
Author: William Shakespeare ,
James Anthony
Publisher: Redbrick Books
Imprint: Redbrick Books
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 1.10cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.245kg
ISBN: 9781914927003
ISBN 10: 1914927001
Pages: 206
Publication Date: 01 November 2021
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
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
Author Information
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, multi-genre author from London, England. With a keen eye, sharp wit, and poetic irreverence, he retold all 154 of Shakespeare's sonnets in modern verse, published by Penguin Random House in 2018. Described by Stephen Fry as 'a dazzling success, ' he continues to retell the Bard's greatest plays in his popular 'Shakespeare Retold' series. When not tackling the Bard, Anthony is an offbeat travel writer, documenting his trips in his 'Slow Road' series, earning him the moniker the English Bill Bryson.
