Shakespeare for Grown-ups

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<p><b>Need to swot up on your Shakespeare?</b></p><p>If youve always felt a bit embarrassed at your precarious grasp on the plot of<i>Othello</i>, or you havent a clue what a petard (as in hoist with his own petard)<i>actually</i>is, then fear not, because this, at last, is the<b>perfect guide</b><b>to the Bard</b>.</p><p>From the authors of the number-one bestselling<i>Homework for Grown-ups</i>,<i>Shakespeare for Grown-ups</i>is<i>the</i>essential book for anyone keen to deepen their knowledge of they plays and sonnets.</p><p>For parents helping with their childrens homework, casual theatre-goers who want to enhance their enjoyment of the most popular plays and the general reader who feels they should probably know more about Britains most splendid scribe,<i>Shakespeare for Grown-ups</i>covers Shakespeare's time; his personal life; his language; his key themes; his less familiar works and characters; his most famous speeches and quotations; phrases and words that have entered general usage, and much more.</p><p>With lively in-depth chapters on all the major works including<i>Hamlet</i>,<i>Othello</i>,<i>King</i><i>Lear</i>,<i>The Tempest</i>,<i>Romeo and Juliet</i>,<i>Much Ado About Nothing</i>,<i>Antony and Cleopatra</i>,<i>Richard II</i>,<i>Henry</i><i>V</i>,<i>A Midsummer Night's Dream</i>,<i>The Merchant of Venice</i>and<i>Macbeth</i>,<i>Shakespeare for Grown-ups</i>is the only guide youll ever need.</p>

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<p>Doing their best to forget their underwhelming turns as Peaseblossom and the Bishop of Carlisle in school performances,<b>B. Coates</b>and<b>E. Foley</b>were delighted to rediscover the joy of Shakespeare as grown-ups.</p><p>As editors, they spend their days immersed in Words, words, words. They are the bestselling authors of<i>Homework for Grown-ups</i>,<i>Advanced Homework for Grown-ups</i>and<i>The Homework for Grown-ups Quiz Book</i>.</p>

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