How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare - Hardcover

Ken Ludwig

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0307951499 ISBN 13: 9780307951496

Publisher: Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House Inc, 2013

Synopsis

A foolproof, enormously fun method of teaching your children the classic works of William Shakespeare
 
William Shakespeare s plays are among the great bedrocks of Western civilization and contain the finest writing of the past 450 years. Many of the best novels, plays, poetry, and films in the English language produced since Shakespeare s death in 1616 from Jane Austen to The Godfather are heavily influenced by Shakespeare s stories, characters, language, and themes.  In a sense, his works are a kind of Bible for the modern world, bringing us together intellectually and spiritually.  Hamlet, Juliet, Macbeth, Ophelia, and a vast array of other singular Shakespearean characters have become the archetypes of our consciousness. To know some Shakespeare provides a head start in life.  In How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare, acclaimed playwright Ken Ludwig provides the tools you need to instill an understanding, and a love, of Shakespeare s works in your children, and to have fun together along the way.
 
        Ken Ludwig devised his methods while teaching his own children, and his approach is friendly and easy to master. Beginning with  memorizing short specific passages from Shakespeare's plays, this method then instills children with cultural references they will utilize for years to come. Ludwig s approach includes understanding of the time period and implications of Shakespeare s diction as well as the invaluable lessons behind his words and stories.  Colorfully incorporating the history of Shakespearean theater and society, How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare guides readers on an informed and adventurous journey through the world in which the Bard wrote.
 
This book s simple process allows anyone to impart to children the wisdom of plays like A Midsummer Night s Dream, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, and Romeo and Juliet. And there s fun to be had along the way. Shakespeare novices and experts, and readers of all ages, will each find something delightfully irresistible in How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare.

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Review:

"Don't be fooled by the title. This book is for anyone who wants to brush up on Shakespeare... Don't buy this book to teach your children; take them along as you commit these beautiful speeches to memory." irkus ;Ken Ludwig's enthusiasm for Shakespeare and his lucid, accessible and inspiring book on "How To Teach Your Children Shakespeare" is a rare treat. You and your children will be transformed into the magic and mystery of Shakespeare and his stories in an instant. I highly recommend the book to all who have a love of language and history." - Sir Derek Jacobi, CBE

""How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare "is an inspired and inspiring book. It's also a deeply rewarding one that will bring a great deal of pleasure to many parents and children. Ken Ludwig, a wonderful playwright, proves to be a superb guide to Shakespeare as well." - James Shapiro, author of "A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare" and "Contested Will"

"I wish someone had given this book to my parents. It would have made a life-changing task downright fun. Ken Ludwig is a smart, congenial and inventive guide, and everywhere in this remarkable book he takes the strangeness out of Shakespeare's work and leaves the enchanting mystery. A book for all lovers, and potential lovers, of Shakespeare. Like nothing else, it creates a magical home theater for parents and their children." - J. D. McClatchy, Yale University

"I have been in [Ken's] home. His children really do know Shakespeare. Read the book and you'll see why. It's scholarship dancing around with fun." - --Hal Holbrook

"Ken Ludwig's enthusiasm for Shakespeare and his lucid, accessible and inspiring book on "How To Teach Your Children Shakespeare" is a rare treat. You and your children will be transformed into the magic and mystery of Shakespeare and his stories in an instant. I highly recommend the book to all who have a love of language and history." --Sir Derek Jacobi, CBE
""How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare "is an inspired and inspiring book. It's also a deeply rewarding one that will bring a great deal of pleasure to many parents and children. Ken Ludwig, a wonderful playwright, proves to be a superb guide to Shakespeare as well." --James Shapiro, author of "A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare" and "Contested Will"
"I wish someone had given this book to my parents. It would have made a life-changing task downright fun. Ken Ludwig is a smart, congenial and inventive guide, and everywhere in this remarkable book he takes the strangeness out of Shakespeare's work and leaves the enchanting mystery. A book for all lovers, and potential lovers, of Shakespeare. Like nothing else, it creates a magical home theater for parents and their children." --J. D. McClatchy, Yale University
"I have been in [Ken's] home. His children really do know Shakespeare. Read the book and you'll see why. It's scholarship dancing around with fun." --Hal Holbrook
"Don't be fooled by the title. This book is for anyone who wants to brush up on Shakespeare... Don't buy this book to teach your children; take them along as you commit these beautiful speeches to memory." --"Kirkus Reviews "
"[Ludiwg's] enthusiasm is also infectious . . . it's hard to come away from this book without wanting to find someone, child or adult, to convert." --"Cleveland Plain Dealer"

Ken Ludwig's enthusiasm for Shakespeare and his lucid, accessible and inspiring book on"How To Teach Your Children Shakespeare"is a rare treat. You and your children will be transformed into the magic and mystery of Shakespeare and his stories in an instant. I highly recommend the book to all who have a love of language and history. Sir Derek Jacobi, CBE
"How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare "is an inspired and inspiring book. It s also a deeply rewarding one that will bring a great deal of pleasure to many parents and children.Ken Ludwig, a wonderful playwright, proves to be a superb guide to Shakespeare as well. James Shapiro, author of "A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare" and "Contested Will"
I wish someone had given this book tomyparents. It would have made a life-changing task downright fun. Ken Ludwig is a smart, congenial and inventive guide, and everywhere in this remarkable book he takes thestrangenessout of Shakespeare's work and leaves the enchanting mystery. A book for all lovers, and potential lovers, of Shakespeare. Like nothing else, it creates a magical home theater for parents and their children. J. D. McClatchy, Yale University
I have been in [Ken's] home. His children really do know Shakespeare.Read the book and you'll see why.It's scholarship dancing around with fun. Hal Holbrook
Don t be fooled by the title. This book is for anyone who wants to brush up on Shakespeare Don t buy this book to teach your children; take them along as you commit these beautiful speeches to memory. "Kirkus Reviews"
[Ludiwg s] enthusiasm is also infectious . . . it s hard to come away from this book without wanting to find someone, child or adult, to convert. " --Cleveland Plain Dealer

About the Author:

KEN LUDWIG is an internationally acclaimed playwright who has had numerous hits on Broadway, in London, and throughout the world.His plays and musicals include"Lend Me a Tenor," which won two Tony Awards, and"Crazy for You," which won the Tony Award for Best Musical. He has also won two Laurence Olivier Awards and the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. His work has been commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company, and has been performed inover thirty countries inmore thantwenty languages.Visit him at www.kenludwig.com."

About this edition

• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House Inc
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0307951499
• ISBN 13: 9780307951496
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368