Synopses & Reviews
The Tempest is one of the ten most popular titles from the best-selling Cambridge School Shakespeare series now available in a new edition. The new edition includes new and revised activities throughout, new black and white photos from the widest selection of stage and film interpretations of the plays, and a larger glossary providing extra support with the language of Shakespeare. In addition, expanded sections on characters, language, and performance history offer the best support for the KS3 SATs and GCSE coursework. The new edition also includes exciting new features to bring the play to life such as a visually stunning eight-page section packed with full-colour production photographs and a striking new cover design. The new edition remains faithful to the Cambridge School Shakespeare active approach, which treats the play as theatre and the text as a script to be acted, explored and enjoyed.
Synopsis
This new edition of The Tempest includes new and revised activities throughout, new black and white photos from the widest selection of stage and film interpretations of the plays, and a larger glossary providing extra support with the language of Shakespeare. In addition, expanded sections on characters, language, and performance history offer the best support for the KS3 SATs and GCSE coursework. The new edition also includes a visually stunning eight-page section packed with full-colour production photographs and a striking new cover design to bring the play to life.
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A new edition of Shakespeare's The Tempest in accordance with the work of the Shakespeare and Schools Project, the national curriculum for English, developments at GCSE and A-level, and the probable development of English and Drama throughout the 1990s.
Synopsis
Modern editions of a popular and trusted series. The Tempest is the last in a group of four plays (often called 'the late plays') which Shakespeare wrote at the end of his career. It includes the themes of usurpation; nature versus nurture; imprisonment and freedom; forgiveness and reconciliation, illusion and magic; colonialism, sleep and dreams; and metamorphosis.
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This new edition of The Tempest is part of the established Cambridge School Shakespeare series and has been substantially updated with new and revised activities throughout. Remaining faithful to the series' active approach it treats the play as a script to be acted, explored and enjoyed. As well as the complete script of The Tempest, you will find a variety of classroom-tested activities, an eight-page colour section and an enlarged selection of notes including information on characters, performance, history and language.
Table of Contents
Colour photo section; List of characters; THE TEMPEST; NOTES AND ACTIVITIES; What is The Tempest about?; Characters; A real-life tempest; Magic in The Tempest; Colonialism and The Tempest; The language of The Tempest; The Tempest in performance; William Shakespeare biography