Macbeth: A Prose Translation (Shakespeare Novels S.) - Softcover

Illidge, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0968634729 ISBN 13: 9780968634721

Publisher: Creber Monde Entier, 2006

Synopsis

Shakespeare's major plays are not abridged or summarized in these editions, but are paraphrased line-by-line in modern English to create a prose narrative that also incorporates stage directions and dialogue. The flavor of the original is retained by the use of iambic pentameter and rhyme, but higher flights of symbolism and poetic allusion are omitted and Elizabethan usage is stripped away altogether. Making the plays unfold as if they were novels, the books in this series are carried along by the intensity of Shakespeare's page-turning plots and the rich development of character, mood, and setting.

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About the Author

Paul Illidge is a former high school teacher and the author of Glass Cage: The Crest Theatre Story, Media Focus: TV, and the novel Shore. His screenplays include The Brother's Keeper for PBS television and Head On, a 1982 feature film from Astral Pictures. His stage plays include Bounty and Out of the Blue, and he is the producer and director of the forthcoming documentaries Shakespeare in America and Shakespeare in India. He lives in Toronto.

Edition details

• Publisher: Creber Monde Entier
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0968634729
• ISBN 13: 9780968634721
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128