{"product_id":"shakespeares-first-folio-all-the-plays-a-childrens-edition-isbn-9781536236439","title":"Shakespeare's First Folio: All The Plays: A Children's Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"The new must-have children’s edition of Shakespeare.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCreated in partnership with Shakespeare’s Birthplace Trust, this remarkable collection includes thirty-six abridged plays from Shakespeare’s First Folio, exuberantly illustrated by Emily Sutton.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYoung hams, drama queens, and lovers of old-time language, rejoice! Four hundred years after its publication, Shakespeare’s First Folio has found a brand-new crop of enthusiasts. This gorgeous collection comprises all the plays in the original volume—fourteen comedies, ten histories, and twelve tragedies—each edited so it can be performed by eight to twelve children age seven and up in under twenty minutes. Lovingly abridged by Dr. Anjna Chouhan, a senior lecturer at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, \u003ci\u003eShakespeare’s First Folio: The Plays: A Children's Edition\u003c\/i\u003e uses the original language, allowing kids a taste of choice words such as \u003ci\u003esluggardized \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003erampallian \u003c\/i\u003eas well as famous lines like “Friends, Romans, countrymen” and “Once more unto the breach.” Lavishly and energetically illustrated by Emily Sutton, whose meticulous research was inspired by the holdings of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, this keepsake volume is designed to ensure that every child has a positive first experience with the Bard and to preserve his legacy for future generations.A gorgeous children’s collection. . . lavishly illustrated by Emily Sutton. The busy intensity of Ms. Sutton’s fine-lined, color-splashed illustrations perfectly suits the richness of Shakespeare’s language. Of particular charm are her visual summaries of the cast of each play, cameos of red-cheeked gentlemen, sword-wielding warriors and ladies in striking attire. . . Ms. Chouhan has retained Shakespeare’s energy and drama and stayed faithful to his words and characters while introducing lots of new stage directions to help children put actions to the words they’re reading. . . For families that love the Bard, ‘Shakespeare’s First Folio’ will be an inspiring and useful resource.\u003cbr\u003e—The Wall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s Shakespeare for children – but in a radical new form … the book is illustrated by Emily Sutton, who has supplied more than 150 ingeniously detailed watercolour drawings . . . it’s a rare delight to find a children’s edition that leaves Shakespeare’s language intact.\u003cbr\u003e—The Daily Telegraph (UK)\u003cb\u003eEmily Sutton\u003c\/b\u003e graduated from Edinburgh College of Art with a degree in illustration. She is the illustrator of \u003ci\u003eTiny Creatures: The World of Microbes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMany: The Diversity of Life on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGrow: Secrets of Our DNA\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA First Book of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, all by Nicola Davies, as well as \u003ci\u003eThe Christmas Eve Tree \u003c\/i\u003eby Delia Huddy and \u003ci\u003eBetty and the Mysterious Visitor \u003c\/i\u003eby Anne Twist. In addition to illustrating picture books, she paints, sculpts, and designs prints. Emily Sutton lives in England. Follow her on Instagram @EmilySuttonArtist.\u003cb\u003eTo the Reader\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eTo read or not to read this book?\u003cbr\u003e It’s in your hands, so take a look.\u003cbr\u003e The plays by gentle Shakespeare here\u003cbr\u003e With pictures through each play appear\u003cbr\u003e For you and friends to laugh, to cry, \u003cbr\u003e To sink in thought, to wonder why.\u003cbr\u003e For you will find on every page\u003cbr\u003e The lives of us in every age;\u003cbr\u003e And though the \u003ci\u003eFolio\u003c\/i\u003e’s a fact,\u003cbr\u003e Our aim’s to give you plays to act.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                               \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Rosen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, \u0026amp; tragedies. Published according to the true originall copies\u003c\/i\u003e arrived in London bookstalls in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare’s death. Compiled by his friends and fellow actors John Heminges and Henry Condell, it collected together, for the first time, thirty-six of Shakespeare’s plays, which subsequently became known as the \u003ci\u003eFirst Folio \u003c\/i\u003eto distinguish it from later editions. \u003cbr\u003e   Heminges and Condell wanted to send Shakespeare’s plays out into the world in the most magnificent way they could: “folio” refers to its size, and this was a large book, carefully set, intricately printed, with dedicatory poems and a large picture of Shakespeare at the front. This was the first time such a book of plays had entered the market and it was an ambitious project. Only half of the plays had been previously printed, in smaller, individual editions called “quartos”, which again refers to their size. None of the original scripts survive today, and it is amazing to think that without the \u003ci\u003eFirst Folio\u003c\/i\u003e, at least eighteen of Shakespeare’s plays, including\u003ci\u003e The Tempest, Twelfth Night \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e, would have been lost for ever. \u003cbr\u003e   The book that you hold in your hand is a tribute to the enterprise of John Heminges and Henry Condell and follows the order in which they set out Shakespeare’s plays. Like the original \u003ci\u003eFirst Folio\u003c\/i\u003e, it also includes a dedicatory verse by the poet and children’s author Michael Rosen, and a wonderful new portrait of William Shakespeare by Emily Sutton. Making a book has never been a simple task, and this edition, with over four hundred pages, thirty-six plays and more than three hundred illustrated characters, is testament to weeks and months of collaboration between so many talented, dedicated individuals. More than that, it helps to demonstrate the sheer scale and ambition of the publication of Shakespeare’s plays four hundred years ago. \u003cbr\u003e   There are very few adaptations of Shakespeare’s works for young readers that use his language, and that can be performed and explored just like the plays on which they’re based. We have adapted all thirty-six of the plays in the \u003ci\u003eFirst Folio\u003c\/i\u003e to be performed by small groups in a short amount of time, using almost entirely Shakespeare’s original language. From the popular \u003ci\u003eMacbeth \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night’s Dream \u003c\/i\u003eto the famously overlooked\u003ci\u003e King John \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCoriolanus,\u003c\/i\u003e this book brings each play into your world, and invites you to scream out phrases such as “Friends, Romans, countrymen”; to play the likes of Mark Antony and Rosalind; and to explore wonderful words, including “sluggardized”, “froward” and “noddle”!\u003cbr\u003e   All of the plays are beautifully illustrated by Emily Sutton, with many of the illustrations inspired by rare books and beautiful historic objects in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust’s collection. \u003cbr\u003e   We have created these adaptations in the belief that Shakespeare is for everyone. We hope that you will enjoy sharing Shakespeare’s works with your friends and families, and treasure this beautiful book made in the image of one born from a mixture of enterprise and ambition four hundred years ago. In celebrating Shakespeare’s legacy, we also invite you to be part of his future. Perhaps you will be inspired to see a performance of a Shakespeare play, to read his plays in full, or even to stand onstage and speak his lines. The words in this book are Shakespeare’s but they belong to you too.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shakespeare Birthplace Trust\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote on the Text\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book echoes the categorization of Shakespeare’s plays into comedies, histories and tragedies, faithfully following the order in which each one was set forth in the 1623 printing – with the addition of Troilus and Cressida, which due to its late addition in the \u003ci\u003eFirst Folio\u003c\/i\u003e has no corresponding title on the contents page. We have chosen to include it in our version for ease of reference. \u003cbr\u003e   While including as much Shakespeare as possible, some changes to vocabulary have been made to reflect different language uses over time. For example, “thy mistress” is once changed to “my mistress”. The word “love” in \u003ci\u003eTitus Andronicus \u003c\/i\u003ehas been altered to “desire” to better reflect the characters’ intentions. More intervention has taken place in very long passages, which are not immediately relevant to the narrative. For example, in \u003ci\u003eThe Third Part of King Henry VI\u003c\/i\u003e, the lines “And Warwick rages like a chafed bull: \/ Away, for death doth hold us in pursuit” have been edited to “Warwick rages, and Clifford is slain. \/ Away!” Every line has been carefully considered and scrutinized, set forth and reconstructed to read, sound and feel right for the audience. Where relevant, names have been written to support pronunciation rather than as they are reflected in the original text, for example Alonzo rather than Alonso; and Aegeon instead of Egeon.\u003cbr\u003e   Eagle-eyed \u003ci\u003eFirst Folio\u003c\/i\u003e experts will note that the opening Chorus in Romeo and Juliet, though not in the 1623 edition, has been included here, because it is so familiar to readers and audiences of the play. Other interventions are noticeable in the metre of some verse, and especially in the stage directions, which are created and amplified to support narrative cohesion.\u003cbr\u003e   Naturally, with tone and propriety in mind, certain topics and references have been altered or removed entirely. Bed tricks, non-consensual adult activity and any outdated racial references have not been deemed appropriate without room for contextualization and have, as a consequence, been omitted or adapted. \u003cbr\u003e   Abridging is a bit of a personal activity, so it is with a great sense of humility that I have made my judgements. I offer my edits to each play in the hope that they tell a compelling story, while introducing Shakespeare’s language to young readers in as unfiltered a way as reasonably possible, within the limits of a work only ten per cent of the length of its original. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDr Anjna Chouhan \u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Candlewick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303116394725,"sku":"NP9781536236439","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781536236439.jpg?v=1767736450","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/shakespeares-first-folio-all-the-plays-a-childrens-edition-isbn-9781536236439","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}