Shakespeare on Toast: Getting a Taste for the Bard

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A breezy, accessible re-introduction to the greatest writer of plays, who turns out to be responsible for EastEnders, Coronation Street and Friends.

Who's afraid of William Shakespeare? Just about everyone. He wrote too much and what he did write is inaccessible and elitist. Right? Wrong. Shakespeare on Toast knocks the stuffing from the staid old myth of Shakespeare, revealing the man and his plays for what they really are: modern, thrilling and uplifting drama. Told in five fascinating Acts, Shakespeare on Toast sweeps the cobwebs from the Bard, from his language, his life, his time, revealing both the man and his work to be relevant, accessible and full of beans. This is a book for everyone, whether you are reading Shakespeare for the first time, occassionally find him troublesome, think you know him backwards, or have never set foot near one of his play but always wanted to.

AUTHOR:
Ben Crystal is an actor at Shakespeare's Globe. With David Crystal he co-authored the internationally acclaimed bestseller Shakespeare's Words (Penguin, 2002) and The Shakespeare Miscellany (Penguin, 2005).

ISBN: 9781848310162
Author: CRYSTAL, BEN
Format: Hardcover
Publication date: 04/09/2008
RRP: $28.99
Pages: 276
Dimension: 165mm X 132mm
Imprint: Icon Books