Reduced Shakespeare: The Attention-Impaired Reader's Guide to the World's Best Playwright [Abridged]
by Reed Martin, Austin Tichenor
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Author: Austin Tichenor, Reed MartinEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-07-11
ISBN: 1401302203
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Hyperion
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Book Review: Oh, What Rogues!
Summary: 5 Stars
I wish this book had been around when I was in high school; I really wish it had been around (in both the English and Drama departments) when I was in college. This isn't just a laugh-out-loud introduction to Shakespeare, but a rollicking guide to all things Shakespearian.
Too often, students are thrown headlong into Shakespeare's plays, and then into Northrop Frye & Co., after which they never approach Shakespeare (or any drama) ever again. Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor, showing the reverence we've come to expect from the Reduced Shakespeare Co.'s treatments of Shakespeare and the Bible, expose the Bard's clay feet (and kinky underwear) while providing a very thorough overview of all the Bard's plays and poetry, along with the movies and tv productions that have followed, and if that weren't enough, a glance at some noteworthy (and otherwise) Shakespearian scholarship.
What's not to like? Some of the anachronistic parallels to Marilyn Monroe and Elvis are played beyond their worth (but so was Falstaff), and the gag essay questions are too abundant to keep their punch. But why quibble? This book casts aside dogma that has sired too many pups onstage and in classrooms and presents the great playwright with the bawdy laughter he is too often denied. And that can only make people more interested in Shakespeare and his literature, and that's a good thing.
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Summary of Reduced Shakespeare: The Attention-Impaired Reader's Guide to the World's Best Playwright [Abridged]
From the theater troupe whose sidesplitting production The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [Abridged] is the longest-running comedy in London's history comes an openly hysterical, yet surprisingly informative, guide to everything you ever wanted to know about the Bard of AvonLove Shakespeare Youll like this book. Hate Shakespeare Youll love this book. From the theatrical company that has been cutting the Bard down to size for more than a dozen years comes a single volume boasting everything you always wanted to know about William Shakespeare's life and work -- but couldnt be bothered to ask.
In one slim volume, Reduced Shakespeare delivers the plays, the life, and the legend in twelve easy pieces. What's the theme of Hamlet Poop or get off the pot. What's essential preparation for an evening of outdoor Shakespeare Bring lots of coffee . . . and use the bathroom before the show. Liberally sprinkled with lists, definitions, quizzes, essential vocabulary, and the Reduced Shakespeare Company's trademark irreverence and wit, this "reduced" handbook will delight enthusiasts, skeptics, and fledgling fans alike.
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