| View Larger Image | The Taming of the Shrew (No Fear Shakespeare) | Paperbackby SparkNotes Editors (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | SparkNotes | | Page Count: | 264 Pages | | Publication Date: | January 22, 2004 | | Sales Rank: | 117,267th |
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Product Description
No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of The Taming of the Shrew on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each No Fear Shakespeare containsThe complete text of the original playA line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday languageA complete list of characters with descriptionsPlenty of helpful commentary |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 3 reviews)
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Absolutely great for students by S. McKinney (Cincinnati, OH USA)  5 Stars
April 12, 2008
I teach Shakespeare classes to middle- and high-school aged students and have come to rely on the great series of No Fear Shakespeare texts. They truly do take away the "fear" that keeps people of all ages from enjoying Shakespeare's plays.
So many people, when they hear the very word "Shakespeare" immediately think, "Oh, that's not for me. There's no way I can understand what those characters are talking about."
With No Fear Shakespeare, they can. The plays are presented in their original Elizabethan English on the left hand page with the modern English version on the facing page. Incidentally, I also use The Taming of the Shrew (Cliffs Notes) with my students, teaching them to read the summary of each act before reading in their texts. The final step is watching the play on DVD -- there's lots of good Shakespeare on DVD at Amazon.com, both in the regular DVD store and in the Marketplace. Check out this great commedia dell'arte version by the American Conservatory Theater: The Taming of the Shrew (Broadway Theatre Archive)
As a professional educator, I really feel that a student can't go wrong with these handy books.
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Taming of the Shrew by Old Kid (Detroit) 5 Stars
August 03, 2007
No Fear Shakespeare is absolutely the best series for teachers, directors and students of Shakespeare!
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Shakespeare for our time by Sunkyst ("Cornville," Michigan) 5 Stars
September 23, 2004
I would highly recommend any of the books from the "No Fear Shakespeare" series. As someone who has never quite understood what Shakespeare was trying to say, having both his version and a "normal speak" version of the play side by side was very beneficial. Great for any student! A word of advice though - don't let your teacher know you have them. Any teacher teaching Shakepeare will likely frown upon them, though in my experience my peers rushed to by them as well. What's the point of reading Shakespeare if you can't understand him?
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SIMILAR PRODUCTS |
| Much Ado About Nothing (No Fear Shakespeare)
by SparkNotes Editors (Author)
No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of Much Ado About Nothing on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each No Fear Shakespeare contains The complete text of the original playA line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday languageA complete list of characters with descriptionsPlenty of helpful commentary...
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| The Merchant of Venice (SparkNotes No Fear Shakespeare)
by SparkNotes Editors (Author), William Shakespeare (Author)
No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of The Merchant of Venice on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each No Fear Shakespeare contains The complete text of the original playA line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday languageA complete list of characters with descriptionsPlenty of helpful commentary...
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| A Midsummer Night's Dream (No Fear Shakespeare)
by SparkNotes Editors (Author)
No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of A Midsummer Night's Dream on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each No Fear Shakespeare contains The complete text of the original playA line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday languageA complete list of characters with descriptionsPlenty of helpful commentary...
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| Henry V (No Fear Shakespeare)
by SparkNotes Editors (Author)
No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of Henry V on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each No Fear Shakespeare contains The complete text of the original playA line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday languageA complete list of characters with descriptionsPlenty of helpful commentary...
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| Richard III (No Fear Shakespeare)
by SparkNotes Editors (Author)
No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of Richard III on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each No Fear Shakespeare contains The complete text of the original playA line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday languageA complete list of characters with descriptionsPlenty of helpful commentary...
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