Shakespeare on Toast - Getting a Taste for the Bard

Informationen zum Autor Ben Crystal is an actor for TV, Film and Theatre and has trodden the boards at Shakespeare's Globe. With his father David Crystal, the aclaimed English scholar, he co-authored the internationally acclaimed bestseller Shakespeare's Words (Penguin, 2002) and The Shakespeare Miscellany (Penguin, 2005).He played Hamlet in the Nevada Repertory Company's Original Pronunciation tour in Fall 2011. You can follow him on twitter @bencrystal. The book's website is http://www.shakespeareontoast.com/. Klappentext Actor Ben Crystal brings the bright words and colourful characters of the world's greatest writer brilliantly to life, handing over the key to Shakespeare's plays, unlocking the difficult bits and, astonishingly, finding Shakespeare's own voice in among the poetry. Told in five fascinating Acts, SHAKESPEARE ON TOAST sweeps the cobwebs from the Bard - from language, his life, his time - revealing the man and his work to be relevant and accessible. This is a book for you, whether you're reading Shakespeare for the first time, occasionally finding him troublesome, or have never read his plays but have always wanted to.

Product details

• Authors: Ben Crystal
• Publisher: Icon Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.07.2011
• EAN: 9781848310544
• ISBN: 978-1-84831-054-4
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 185 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Icon Books
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Literature: general, reference works