These retellings of the Shakespeare plays children are most likely to encounter capture the atmosphere, drama and humour of the originals while at the same time making them accessible and highly readable. Included are "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Romeo and Juliet", "Henry the Fifth", "Julius Caesar", "Hamlet", "Twelfth Night", "Othello", "King Lear", "Macbeth", and "The Tempest".

 

There are 144 pages in this book. This is a short story book. This book was published 1994 by Hachette Children's Group .

Geraldine McCaughrean is the author of The Odyssey and other titles in the acclaimed Oxford Illustrated Classics series.