Shakespeare Without the Boring Bits
by Humphrey Carpenter
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A very different look at some of Shakespeare's stories told from a minor character's point of view. A humorous look at Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer's Night Dream, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Henry V and others.Tags
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I thought this would be along the lines of The Reduced Shakespeare Company, but this was far less appealing and humorous.
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Humphrey Carpenter is the award-winning author of biographies of Dennis Potter, J.R.R. Tolkien, W.H. Auden, and Ezra Pound. He broadcasts regularly on BBC radio. Carpenter is married with two children and lives in Oxford, England
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- Original publication date
- 1994
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- Genres
- Poetry, Fiction and Literature, Literature Studies and Criticism
- DDC/MDS
- 809 — Literature & rhetoric Literature, rhetoric & criticism History, description, critical appraisal of more than two literatures
- LCC
- PR2877 — Language and Literature English English Literature English renaissance (1500-1640)
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- 1
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- (2.67)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook
- ISBNs
- 7
