Reviews for The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare

The average rating for The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-09-12 00:00:00 Jeremy Soliday If you're into stuff like this, you can read the full review. Cease to persuade, my loving Proteus! The thing about drama is that everybody has to put effort in to learn their part, then they have to work together to make the play happen. Putting on a successful performance is very hard work but the buzz children get from the performance is huge and they learn that hard work is worthwhile. The play won't work without Titania, Bottom or Puck or all the more minor parts or the person who does the lighting, the scenery, the costumes. They compete for parts but work collaboratively to achieve a result and are proud of what they achieve. What better life lessons could children learn? There is bound to be a positive knock-on effect on other subjects. Any good play, or musical, will do this but Shakespeare has huge scope and, generally, a large cast. This is a wonderful initiative. We owe it to our pupils to open up to their imaginations a world beyond our own shores and time. If you're into Shakespeare, read on.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-10-30 00:00:00 David Dove Not a tour of the plays; an overview of what interests Shakespeare scholars: language, structure... all the lit crit stuff... character, how performance can change the meaning. This was some real escapism for me. Thinking about Shakespeare wrestling with his sources or writing for certain actors took me much further from my day-to-day than any genre fiction could.