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Binding: Mass Market PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 792.0941 EAN: 9780553270815 ISBN: 0553270818 Label: Bantam Manufacturer: Bantam Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: February 01, 1988 Publisher: Bantam Release Date: January 01, 1988 Studio: Bantam Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: From Joseph Papp, American's foremost theater producer, and writer Elizabeth Kirkland: a captivating tour through the world of William Shakespeare. Discover the London of Shakespeare's time, a fascinating place to be--full of mayhem and magic, exploration and exploitation, courtiers and foreigners. Stroll through narrow, winding streets crowded with merchants and minstrels, hoist a pint in a rowdy alehouse, and hurry across the river to the open-air Globe Theater to see that latest play written by a young man named Will Shakespeare. Shakespeare Alive! spirits you back to the very years of that London--as everyday people might have experienced it. Find out how young people fell in love, how workers and artists made ends meet, what people found funny and what they feared most. Go on location with an Elizabethan theater company to learn how plays were produced, where Shakespeare's plots came from and how he transformed them. Hear the music of Shakespeare's language and words we still use today that were first spoken in his time. Open the book and elbow your way into the Globe with the groundlings. You'll be joining one of the most democratic audiences the theater has ever known--alewives, apprentices, shoemakers and nobles--in applauding the dazzling wordplay and swordplay brought to you by William Shakespeare. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Perfect Companion to English TeachingAs an educator, I've found this helpful, lively little book is quite a bang for your buck when you need the history to engage your students. What you get is a rich range of key facts plus trivia that will grab your students' interests -- a perfect amount of information to help you prep mini-lessons before you lead students in a scene of Shakespeare. If you need to teach a Shakespeare unit, I recommend using this, the Folger Library's Shakespeare Set Free series, and the National Council ... Read More Rating: - actually love this little bookeasy to read, full of tidbits and info that was new to me. It is only an overview, but a great beginning in learning about the time and people and the conditions under which they lived. Plus, for those interested in theater it gives information about the theaters and how they were financed and managed. A great little book, it's a keeper. Rating: - This is the COOLEST book ever!!!!I know the person who wrote the book and it is the bestest thing i have ever read! This provides useful information for beginning Shakespeare scholars. Buy this book! it's awesome and I love it!!! I have like 10 copies of this book cuz I love it so much! I studied Shakespeare and this helped me understand what was happening when I read the parts of the book! Anyone who says this book is bad needs to read it again cuz it isn't bad. It's amazing! READ IT! Rating: - Good Introduction to ShakespeareShakespeare Alive makes a good introduction to Shakespeare not just for high schoolers, but for anyone who's new to Shakespeare. The book is well-written, being both informative and a pleasure to read. Its relatively light tone is not intimidating to the novice, and the authors don't assume knowledge that a newcomer might not have. The book is conveniently divided into sections. After a prologue which does a good job of getting the reader to imagine Elizabethan England, we have a section ... Read More Rating: - Valuable Companion to Shakespeare - Engaging Style"Shakespeare Alive!" is an intriguing and enjoyable visit to Shakespeare's London. Joseph Papp, founder and producer of the prestigious New York Shakespeare Festival, and Elizabeth Kirkland, a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, created not a scholarly tome, but a delightful and often humorous examination of Elizabethan culture and its impact on Shakespeare. Other reviewers exclaim how their high school students related to "Shakespeare Alive!'. I only wish I had encountered this little book during my school ... Read More 
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