HOURLONG SHAKESPEARE

Abridged specifically for all those interested in Shakespeares plays especially teachers and students of English and drama these onehour performance scripts maintain the arcs of Shakespeares plots without compromising the integrity of his original language What remains are manageable performance texts and the essential elements needed for an introduction to three of Shakespeares most popular plays Matthew Jenkinsons careful alterations of some of Shakespeares most important history plays may give us less than 50 of each plays lines but they convey far more than that percentage of each plays theatrical power Moreover they belong 100 to the highest traditions of both teaching and performing Shakespeares plays Professor Michael Dobson Director of the Shakespeare Institute StratforduponAvon and Professor of Shakespeare Studies University of Birmingham