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Macbeth: From Shakespeare Stories.

Macbeth: From Shakespeare Stories. by. Leon Garfield (Adaptor), William Shakespeare. Clare Higgins (Narrator). Simon Russell Beale (Narrator). Rex Gibson (Contributor). Shakespeare's notorious Scottish play describes how ambition, power, and the prophecy of three evil witches transform a brave nobleman into a traitor and murderer.

Leon Garfield's two Shakespeare Stories books have made a new fan of Shakespeare.

Having the "plain modern English" next to the original Shakespeare does really help you understand and get the main story down.

ROMEO AND JULIET (Shakespeare: the Animated Tales). Having the "plain modern English" next to the original Shakespeare does really help you understand and get the main story down. However, I was disappointed that the book lacks any kind of introductory info to Shakespeare or the play. That would have been very valuable. Also sorely lacking are any helps for the original text, such as explaining what words and phrases in the original meant.

Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth, 1888. So far from Shakespeare's being the least known, he is the one person in all modern history fully known to u. In fact, we know more about Shakespeare's life than we do about almost any other English writer's of his era.

Simon Russell Beale discusses playing Cassius in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in this ebook taken from Shakespeare On Stage: Volume 2 – Twelve Leading Actors on Twelve Key Roles. In each volume of the Shakespeare On Stage series, a leading actor takes us behind the scenes of a landmark Shakespearean production, recreating in detail their memorable performance in a major role. They leads us through the choices they made in rehearsal, and how the character works in performance, shedding new light on some of the most challenging roles in the canon.

Leon Garfield’s Shakespeare Stories is an essential distillation-a truly Shakespearean tribute to Shakespeare’s genius and a delight for children and parents alike. Leon Garfield's Shakespeare Stories - eBook. We're committed to providing low prices every day, on everything.

Sir Simon Russell Beale, CBE (born 12 January 1961) is an English actor, author and music historian. Beale has been described by The Independent as "the greatest stage actor of his generation. He has appeared in Persuasion (1995), The Young Visiters (2003), Dunkirk (2004), The Deep Blue Sea (2011) and as Falstaff in the BBC made-for-television films Henry IV, Part I and Part II (2012). He was part of the main cast of Showtime's Penny Dreadful.

Simon Russell Beale was once described by The Independent newspaper as "the greatest stage actor of his generation". In a career that spans over 30 years, the actor has played a host of Shakespeare's characters. Now, on the 400th anniversary of the playwrights death, Beale re-enacts some of those parts.

Macbeth: From Shakespeare Stories by Leon Garfield (Shakespeare Series). April 1999, Chivers North America.

This book includes the hero Macbeth becoming more and more evil after he gets told his "destiny" by the witches and becomes greedy with power. Macbeth: From Shakespeare Stories by Leon Garfield (Shakespeare Series).