Shakespeare for Young People: Productions, Versions and Adaptations

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The search to find engaging and inspiring ways to introduce children and young adults to Shakespeare has resulted in a rich variety of approaches to producing and adapting Shakespeare's plays and the stories and characters at their heart. Shakespeare for Young People is the only comprehensive overview of such productions and adaptations, and engages with a wide range of genres, including both British and American examples. Abigail Rokison covers stage and screen productions, shortened versions, prose narratives and picture books (including Manga), animations and original novels. The book combines an informative guide to these interpretations of Shakespeare, discussed with critical analysis of their relative strengths. It also includes extensive interviews with directors, actors and writers involved in the projects discussed'.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Introduction
• 1 Full-scale Stage Productions for Young People - Shakespeare's Globe: 'Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bankd' - Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing and Macbeth
• 2 Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet, Michael Almereyda's Hamlet and Christine Edzard's The Children's A Midsummer Nights Dream
• 3 'Shakespeare's Stories': Prose Narratives and Picture Books
• 4 Shakespeare and the Graphic Novel
• 5 Cut-down Stage Versions for Young Children
• 6 Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
• 7 Novel Adaptations of Shakespeare: Hamlet
• 8 Original Plays Based on Shakespeare
• 9 Film Adaptations of Shakespeare - 'Romeo and Juliet the cartoon' and 'High School Dreams'
• Bibliography
• Index