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Garfield, Leon.

Summary: An acclaimed author has rewritten twelve of Shakespeare's plays in narrative form, retaining much of the original language, and thus the flavor of the bard's dramas.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Schocken Books 1985

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 822.33 GAR

Lamb, Charles

Summary: Shakespeare's fourteen comedies and six tragedies retold in prose.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Classics 1986

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: JF Class Lamb

Nesbit, E. (Edith)

Contents: The winter's tale -- Romeo and Juliet -- The tempest -- A midsummer night's dream -- King Lear -- Cymbeline -- The taming of the shrew -- Hamlet -- Twelfth night -- As you like it -- Pericles.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Academy Chicago Publishers 2000

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Carreras, Hernán

Summary: In this graphic version of Shakespeare's play, teenagers Romeo and Juliet, from rival families in Verona, fall deeply in love, with tragic consequences for both the Montagues and the Capulets.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 CAR

Stanley, Diane

Summary: "Prince Alexos, the long-awaited champion of the goddess Athene, follows the course of his destiny through war and loss and a deadly confrontation with his enemy to its end: shipwreck on a magical, fog-shrouded island. There he meets the unforgettable Aria and faces the greatest challenge of his life. Based loosely on Shakespeare's The Tempest"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC STA

Summary: In 1930's Britain, in the wake of a bloody civil war, the younger brother of the new King sets in motion a monstrous scheme to claim the throne for himself. Updated version of Shakespeare's tale.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2000

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RIC

Claybourne, Anna

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kane Miller, a Division of EDC Publishing 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 822.33 CLA

Weinstein, Elizabeth.

Contents: A midsummer night's dream -- Macbeth -- King Henry IV, part I -- Twelfth night -- Romeo and Juliet -- The tempest.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Smith and Kraus Publishers 2008

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Wills, Garry

Summary: A study of the three operas that Verdi adapted from Shakespeare: Macbeth, Otello, and Falstaff.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 822.33 WIL

Mulherin, Jennifer

Summary: Discusses the plot, characters, and historical background of the Shakespeare play.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Cherrytree 2014

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 822.33 MUL

Burdett, Lois

Summary: Describes Shakespeare's life through the eyes of children. Includes children's illustrations, children's writings, and a genealogy of Shakespeare's family.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 1998

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Ludwig, Ken

Summary: Outlines an engaging way to instill an understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's classic works in children, outlining a family-friendly method that incorporates the history of Shakespearean theater and society.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2013

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 822.3 LUD

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Play Ludwig

Summary: "Newly discovered entries and drawings in William Shakespeare's journals reveal for the first time the astounding relationship between the great Bard and the Doctor. Since his first adventure in 1963, the Doctor has enjoyed many encounters with William Shakespeare. Now, BBC Books has rediscovered notebooks, long thought lost, compiled by the Bard in which he divulges the influential role the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperDesign 2014

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DOC

Beneduce, Ann Keay.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 1996

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 822.33 BEN

Shakespeare, William

Summary: Presents in graphic novel format an adaptation of Shakespeare's play of the tragic consequences of a deadly feud between two rival families in Renaissance Verona.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lucent Books 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.5 SHA

Coville, Bruce.

Summary: A simplified prose retelling of Shakespeare's play about two young people who defy their warring families' prejudices and dare to fall in love.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books 1999

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 822.3 SHA

McCann, John

Summary: Whimsical visual adaptations of four Shakespearean comedies, rendered in LEGO bricks, feature scene-by-scene reenactments accompanied by captioned excerpts from the plays.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 822.33 MCC

Moore, Christopher

Summary: "Set adrift by his pirate crew, Pocket of Dog Snogging--last seen in The Serpent of Venice--washes up on the sun-bleached shores of Greece, where he hopes to dazzle the Duke with his comedic brilliance and become his trusted fool. But the island is in turmoil. Egeus, the Duke's minister, is furious that his daughter Hermia is determined to marry Demetrius, instead of Lysander, the man he has...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOO

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOO

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Moore 2020

Leveen, Lois

Summary: A "new telling of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, told from the perspective of Juliet's nurse. In Verona, a city ravaged by plague and political rivalries, a mother mourning the death of her day-old infant enters the household of the powerful Cappelletti family to become the wet-nurse to their newborn baby. As she serves her beloved Juliet over the next fourteen years, the nurse learns the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Emily Bestler Books/Atria 2014

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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Leveen 2014

Coville, Bruce.

Summary: A simplified prose retelling of Shakespeare's play about the strange events that take place in a forest inhabited by fairies who magically transform the romantic fate of two young couples.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books 1996

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Coville, Bruce.

Summary: A simplified prose retelling of Shakespeare's play about a man who kills his king after hearing the prophesies of three witches.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books 1997

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Haddon, Mark

Summary: "A fantastical novel which reworks Shakespeare's 'Pericles' into a parable for today"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC HAD

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAD

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAD

Lamb, Charles

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pearson Education Limited 1999

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 822.33 LAM

Shakespeare, William.

Contents: Disc 1. Brief life of Shakespeare -- Hamlet -- Pericles, prince of Tyre -- King Lear -- Measure for measure -- Twelfth night.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Open Texture 2007

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