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(More customer reviews)It's okay, but I expected more of Shakespeare's original language and style to be incorporated into the reader's texts. I know it's intended for younger kids and I like that there's some summary and that the plays make the story very clear. It's also nice that they're so concise and that so many texts are included. However, there's absolutely no sense of Shakespeare's style in the plays. Even famous lines that kids might have heard referenced before have mostly been translated into more modern language. Not bad, but could have been better.
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This collection of scripts includes readers theatre scripts based on Shakespeare's comedies, tragedies, and romances. Each script includes a summary, presentation suggestions, and a character list.
You don't have to look any further to find the best of the Bard! From misalliances and misadventures to romance and comedy, students can explore the wonderful world of Shakespeare through Readers Theatre. This unique collection of 13 scripts from Weekly Reader's Read magazine features age-appropriate play adaptations from some of Shakespeare's greatest and best-known works. Magnificently preserving the flavor of Shakespeare's writings, the language has been modernized so that young readers can easily grasp and appreciate the characters and the plot. Each script is accompanied by a summary, presentation suggestions, and a character list.
The scripts can be used independently (for stand-alone performances) or as precursors to classroom units on Shakespeare (e.g., in conjunction with reading or viewing one of Shakespeare's plays in its original version).
Plays include:
 As You Like It
 Hamlet
 Julius Caesar
 King Lear
 Macbeth
 A Midsummer Night's Dream
 The Merchant of Venice
 Much Ado About Nothing
 Othello^L^DBL Romeo and Juliet
 The Taming of the Shrew
 The Tempest
 Twelfth Night
Grades 6-12
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