MASTER THE BARD WITH SHAKESPEARE RETOLD IN MODERN ENGLISH

Shakespeare Retold deftly unlocks both the meaning and the beauty of the Bard’s often daunting language. Uniquely written line-by-line in the same elegant iambic pentameter lyrical verse as the revered originals, Shakespeare Retold is a game-changing guide for students, teachers, actors and theatre-goers.

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William Shakespeare from Shakespeare Retold
Read the Shakespeare Retold modern translations for free. The perfect revision guide.

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Schools and colleges will stamp and cheer with unrestrained gratitude and delight. These reinterpretations are a dazzling success.”

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STEPHEN FRY, actor & writer
Played Malvolio for Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre

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BENEFITS OF SHAKESPEARE RETOLD OVER OTHER SHAKESPEAREAN-LANGUAGE-TO-MODERN-ENGLISH GUIDES

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Tediously cross-reference to an extended paragraph of text, having to search for the appropriate line, breaking the flow and enjoyment of the play.

Quickly understand each line via the modern retelling of Shakespeare directly below the original, allowing you to stay within the story.

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LEARN FASTER


Lose the joy and poetic qualities of the verse via the blunt interpretations written in unstructured prose.

Appreciate the beauty of Shakespeare literature via the iambic pentameter retelling, recreating the sentiments, pacing and punch exactly as Shakespeare intended.

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GRASP MORE


Remove the barriers to learning by quickly scanning the elegant modern retelling whenever the original text becomes challenging.

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Struggle through the play by having to rely on the disjointed, graceless text that’s often difficult to correlate.

BENEFITS

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ENJOY LEARNING



“ When tackling Hamlet for The Royal Shakespeare Company…the Shakespeare Retold series would have helped me immensely. Every actor would benefit from these compelling translations.

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A photo of ctor Paapa Essiedu performing Hamlet for the Royal Shakespeare Company

PAAPA ESSIEDU, ACTOR
Played Hamlet for The Royal Shakespeare Company

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