Tales from Shakespeare

This retelling in prose of twenty of Shakespeare’s thirty-seven plays was originally published just for children. Keeping Shakespeare’s own words whenever possible but making the plots and language easily understandable, this very listenable collection has entertained and informed generations of adults as well. With such classic stories as A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado about Nothing, Hamlet, and more, Shakespeare’s most memorable characters come to life anew as magicians and fairies, fools and kings weave their magic, mischief, and madness.

Contents include:

The Tempest

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

The Winter’s Tale

Much Ado about Nothing

As You Like It

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

The Merchant of Venice

Cybeline

King Lear

Macbeth

All’s Well That Ends Well

The Taming of the Shrew

The Comedy of Errors

Measure for Measure

Twelfth Night

Timon of Athens

Romeo and Juliet

Hamlet

Othello

Pericles, Prince of Tyre