Shakespeare stories /
Leon Garfield ; illustrated by Michael Foreman.
- 1st American ed.
- New York : Schocken Books, 1985.
- 287 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Twelfth night -- King Lear -- The tempest -- The merchant of Venice -- The taming of the shrew -- King Richard the Second -- King Henry IV, part one -- Hamlet -- Romeo and Juliet -- Othello -- A midsummer night's dream -- Macbeth.
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.