Incomplete Shakespeare: Macbeth
Incomplete Shakespeare: Macbeth
hardback
Published:
21 April, 2016
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780857524263 |
| ISBN10 | 0857524267 |
| Number Of Pages | 96 |
| Item Weight | 145 g |
| Product Dimensions | 119 x 184 x 15 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Format | hardback |
Media Reviews
What finer way to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death than a series of witty modern reworkings...Shakespeare reduced to 100 pages of pithy pentameter with smart side notes. * Evening Standard *
Witty, fresh takes on Shakespeare * The Times *
Hilarious – and all the better for those of us who know our Shakespeare back to front. -- Harriet Walter
Hilarious – and all the better for those of us who know our Shakespeare back to front. -- Harriet Walter
Shrewd interpretations of the Bard; funny footnotes too. -- Hugh Bonneville
The wonderful John Crace collaborating with UCL’s John Sutherland for parodic and truncated retellings of Shakespeare’s great plays. * Times Higher Education Supplement *
A very pleasant way to read Shakespeare. * nudge.com *
Better by far... -- David Sexton * Evening Standard *
Perfect for anyone who struggles to understand Shakespeare... hilarious and informative, they really bring Shakespeare to life * Reality's a Bore *
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Author's Bio
John Crace (Author)
John Crace is the Guardian's parliamentary sketch writer and author of the ‘Digested Read’ columns and he writes regularly for Grazia. He is the author of I Never Promised you a Rose Garden: A short guide to modern politics, the coalition and the general election and also Baby Alarm: A Neurotic’s Guide to Fatherhood, Vertigo: One Football Fan's Fear of Success , Harry's Games: Inside the Mind of Harry Redknapp, Brideshead Abbreviated: the Digested Read of the Twentieth Century and The Digested Twenty-first Century. He lives in London.
John Sutherland (Author)
John Sutherland is Lord Northcliffe Professor Emeritus of Modern English Literature at University College London and previously taught at the California Institute of Technology. He writes regularly for the Guardian, The Times and the New York Times, and is the author of many books including Curiosities of Literature, Is Henry V a War Criminal? (with Cedric Watts), biographies of Walter Scott, Stephen Spender and the Victorian elephant Jumbo, and The Boy Who Loved Books, a memoir.