Orem Library

Retells, in simplified prose, William Shakespeare's play about a prince of Denmark who seeks revenge for his father's murder.

An acclaimed author has rewritten twelve of Shakespeare's plays in narrative form, retaining much of the original language, and thus the flavor of the bard's dramas.

Bassanio quiere casarse con Portia de Belmont, pero necesita dinero para cortejarla, así que le pide ayuda a su amigo Antonio, un rico comerciante. Antonio acepta ayudar a su amigo, pero no tendrá dinero disponible hasta el regreso de su barco. Antonio, an antisemitic merchant, takes a loan from the Jew Shylock to help his friend to court Portia. Antonio can't repay the loan, and without mercy, Shylock demands a pound of his flesh. The heiress...

Explores Shakespeare's works and how they were written, discusses how his stories have been adapted and performed, and chronicles his life in England.

"Preeminent Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro shows how the tumultuous events in England in 1606 affected Shakespeare and shaped the three great tragedies he wrote that year--King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra. In the years leading up to 1606, since the death of Queen Elizabeth and the arrival in England of her successor, King James of Scotland, Shakespeare's great productivity had ebbed, and it may have seemed to some that his prolific...