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The Children's Shakespeare

As You Like It, Hamlet, King Lear, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Pericles, Romeo & Juliet, and The Winter's Tale

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The Children's Shakespeare

By: William Shakespeare, E. Nesbit
Narrated by: Jim Belushi, Robert Davi, Tate Donovan, Linda Hamilon, Patrick MacNee, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga
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About this listen

Seven of Shakespeare's most celebrated plays—As You Like It, Hamlet, King Lear, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Pericles, Romeo & Juliet, and The Winter's Tale—have been specifically adapted by Edith Nesbit to introduce young listeners to the Bard' s works. Made accessible to young listeners without sacrificing any essential elements, these classic retellings capture the drama and flavor of each original play while simplifying plot and detail.

©2002 William Shakespeare (P)2002 Phoenix Books, Inc. Classics Literature & Fiction Music & Performing Arts

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If you could sum up The Children's Shakespeare in three words, what would they be?

Simple but works.

What about the narrators’s performance did you like?

Classic narrators for each play - all great.

Any additional comments?

Although not always 100% true to the original Shakespeare plot, enough of it is kept, just simplified. The characters are the same and the main plot the same. The main quotes are kept but again simplified or just shortened to the key famous parts. My son, aged 11, is reading A Midsummer Night's Dream at school and this was a great addition for him to understand the plot and solidify the main characters in one sitting. I have read a better children's version of As You Like It though. I thought this was too simplified. However is probably better for younger children and as a first introduction to Shakespeare.

Great introduction to Shakespeare for Kids!

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