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A Midsummer Night's Dream
By Bevan, Clare & Collins, Ross
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-19521-796-4
- Publisher
- New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, c2000.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2002
Gr 3-6 These prose adaptations attempt to make the Bard's work accessible to a young audience. They are serviceable, if uninspired, renditions that convey the overall plotlines. While the major pieces of each story are all here, this Cliff's Notes approach leads one to realize how flat the plays are when the poetry is missing. For instance, when the witches meet Macbeth, the simple yet powerful greeting of "Hail, Thane," is replaced with the prosaic "Good evening, Lord of Glamis." In so doing, the power and true spirit of the text are lost, and, with them, the opportunity to introduce young readers to a more inte...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
