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Discovering Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew - A Workbook for Students and Teachers
Discovering Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew - A Workbook for Students and Teachers
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Author: Fredi Olster and Rick Hamilton Publisher: Smith and Kraus Publishers Format: Softcover # of Pages: 145 Pub. Date: 1997 ISBN-10: 1575250462 ISBN-13: 9781575250465
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About
the Book:
Conceived
and written by two classically trained American stage actors, this
workbook presents an abridged version of Shakespeare's Taming of
the Shrew, discussing the play's language, characters, plot, and
how to stage a school production. The side-by-side presentation of
the original language and a "translation" into the
vernacular allows the student grades 7 and up to quickly understand
and appreciate the play.
Includes extensive instruction about Shakespearean English and
character analyses, stage directions and other performance
information that will make this book indispensable to the teacher and
beginning student of Shakespeare for either English or theatre
curricula.
What people say:
"Grade
8 Up. The authors of this book state that their aim is to make
Shakespeare more accessible to modern students, and in this endeavor
they succeed. The introduction begins with an overview of the plot
and a short essay on Elizabethan marriage customs. Next, there is a
good summary of the action of the play as it pertains to each of the
characters. The heart of the book, however, is the abridged version
of the script. The layout – four columns spread across two pages –
is crisp, clear, and easy to follow. The first column gives a brief
description of the scene; the second has a vernacular translation of
the language; the third is an original abridgment of the script; and
the fourth contains stage directions. A final chapter offers hints on
how to stage the play, suggestions for costumes and props, a lexicon
of stage language and theatrical conventions, and a good
bibliography. This title shouldn't be used as a substitute for the
full text, but it would be a wonderful complement for students
struggling with the original. It also would be useful to high school
acting companies staging a production." —
School Library Journal
About the Author:
Fredi Olster and her
co-author/husband Rick Hamilton have acted in sixty
productions of Shakespeare's plays, as well as appearing in film and
on television. Their extensive experience in regional repertory
theatre includes several seasons at the American Conservatory Theatre
in San Francisco, where Fredi was Kate and Rick was Tranio in Bill
Ball's widely acclaimed production of The Taming of the Shrew, which
was televised for Theatre in America (PBS). They spent several
seasons with the Oregon Shakespearean Festival, the Milwaukee
Repertory Theatre, the Utah Shakespeare Festival, the Alley Theatre,
and the Dallas Shakespeare Festival, among others.
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