Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (840 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0688091083 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 48 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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He was suspected of involvement in a treasonous rebellion, and his last play literally brought down the house when cannon effects set fire to the famous Globe theater and it burned to the ground.Award-winning collaborators Diane Stanley and Peter Vennema have once again created a feast of words and pictures to celebrate the life of a remarkable person from the pages of history: William Shakespeare, a man for all time.". There were the theaters, open to the weather and featuring neither sets nor curtains, but equipped with dramatic special effects. William Shakespeare was the son of a glovemaker, a small-town boy with a grammar school education. Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare is both his story and that of a great art rediscovered in the modern world.Drama had been forgotten since the days of ancient Greece, but it reemerged in Elizabethan London with the building of the first modern theater. Yet he grew u
Their conversational narrative, aided by Stanley's typically stunning, intricate period paintings, recount the Bard's early years in Stratford-on-Avon, where he was introduced to drama through the performances of traveling troupes; his years in London, working first as an actor and then as a playwright who wrote quickly and rarely revised his work; the changes in England's political climate--and in Shakespeare's own life--that led him to forsake comedies and pen his magnificent tragedies; and final years in Stratford, living as a country gentleman. A postscript discussing some of the words and phrases Shakespeare created (such as "hurry," "leapfrog," "tongue-tied," "laughingstock") underscores his indelible, ongoing legacy, which Stanley and Vennema perpetuate most gracefully. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. These seasoned raconteurs have sorted out historical facts, speculation and conjecture to neatly piece together
grade son who had a school project and he loved the book Got this for my 2nd grade son who had a school project and he loved the book. Nice illustrations and timeline.. Wonderful picture book biography! Diane Stanley's picture book biographies are wonderful! I can think of a number of titles I have seen so often on homeschool families' shelves: Joan of Ark, Michelangelo, Peter the Great, Saladin, Charles Dickens, and more! She has a very unique and captivating way to w. Excellent children's biography A Customer Our family has recently discovered the wonderful Peter Vennema/Diane Stanley biographies. They are vivid, engaging, and thorough, yet short enough for younger readers to sit through (my daughters are 4 and 6). Bard of Avon and Good Queen Bess are our favorites so far, a