What's so special about Shakespeare?
By: Michael Rosen ; illustrated by Sarah Nayler
Contributors: Nayler, Sarah, ill
Edition: Second U.S. edition.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Somerville, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9780763699949
Subjects: Theater; History
Other titles: What is so special about Shakespeare?
Work titles: Shakespeare
Description: More than four hundred years after William Shakespeare s death, his name is known in every corner of the world. Why? Celebrated poet, critic, and Shakespeare enthusiast Michael Rosen answers that question with humor, knowledge, and appreciation, offering a whirlwind tour of Shakespeare s life, his London, and four of his plays: A Midsummer Night s Dream, Macbeth, King Lear, and The Tempest.
Notes: Originally published as: Shakespeare : his work and his world / illustrated by Robert Ingpen. 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-142) and index.

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Table of contents: title: A plot! 1598; title: What's so special about Shakespeare?; title: Extraordinary and dangerous times; title: Shakespeare : the facts; title: Stratford and school; title: London; title: Theater in the making; title: The new theaters; title: Shakespeare at work. A midsummer night's dream ; Macbeth ; King Lear ; The tempest.; title: The drama of Shakespeare; title: The will; title: The legacy; title: Time line.