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So Long As There's Verona    by Peter Stephenson
Price: Free! 8950 words. Language: British English. Published on July 4, 2012. Plays » Shakespeare.

This is a children's comedy version of “Romeo and Juliet,” originally written in 2011 as a Year 6 leavers' play. It can just as easily be used at any time of the year, as presented here in its Smashwords edition. It would suit Year 6 (approx age. 11), of course, but could be performed by Year 5 or Year 7. The play retains the essential Shakespeare storyline.
Filling the Cheap Seats    by Vincent Poirier
Price: Free! 19880 words. Language: English. Published on August 5, 2012. Essay » Literature.

Do you think of Shakespeare as something you had to read in school? Or do you think of Shakespeare as that famous author that you ought to read but that you never get around to? If you do, then Filling the Cheap Seats aims to convince you that Shakespeare is fun! This short book offers fun thoughts and unusual ideas about Shakespeare the playwright and his thirty seven plays.
The African Tragedian    by Robin Peters
Price: $4.99 USD. 5830 words. Language: English. Published on February 17, 2012. Plays » American / African American.

Ira Aldridge, America's earliest important Black actor, became one of the most celebrated Shakespearean actors of nineteenth century Europe. This dramatic montage traces the joyous moment that performance can bring and the hurtful reality of being Black during racial slavery.
Playing Puck    by Scott Williams
Price: Free! 5770 words. Language: English. Published on April 24, 2012. Plays » Shakespeare.

A retelling of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" through the eyes of a less bumbling Puck...
Live So Long    by Thom Goddard
Price: $9.99 USD. 15600 words. Language: English. Published on April 11, 2012. Plays » Shakespeare.

A Producer and a Director put on the most expensive Shakespeare production of all time. They rent the biggest theatre in the country and hire the world's most famous actor to play the lead role of King Lear. However, just before curtain up on opening night, he dies.
Ready Reference Treatise: The Comedy of Errors    by Raja Sharma
Price: $1.99 USD. 7910 words. Language: English. Published on February 6, 2013. Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides.

The play derives the major part of its humour from mistaken identity and slapstick. Word play and pun happen to be equally powerful in this play.
Ready Reference Treatise: Hamlet    by Raja Sharma
Price: $1.99 USD. 13120 words. Language: English. Published on April 4, 2013. Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides.

Hamlet’s character is the expression of overwhelming grief to seething rage. Sometimes there is real madness and sometimes it is feigned.
Shakespeare Shorties: Macbeth    by Diane Swanson
Price: $1.99 USD. 3350 words. Language: English. Published on September 18, 2012. Plays » Shakespeare.

Shakespeare Shorties scripts are a great way to expose middle grades to William Shakespeare's legendary stories, characters, and language in a quick format, laying the ground work for more in depth studies in years to come. Choose from three different titles or get the whole series. Kids are guaranteed to love them! "The Tempest", "Twelfth Night", & "Macbeth". Ages: 9-14 Cast: 20
Ready Reference Treatise: A Midsummer Night's Dream    by Raja Sharma
Price: $1.99 USD. 10390 words. Language: English. Published on December 21, 2012. Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides.

Who could have thought that the vast and enchanting English literature and the English speaking world would be indebted to a person who had no academic higher education? Yes, William Shakespeare is the person who gave a new direction to the literary world and the academic pursuits all over the world.
Ready Reference Treatise: Coriolanus    by Raja Sharma
Price: $1.99 USD. 8510 words. Language: English. Published on March 26, 2013. Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides.

When exactly the play “Coriolanus” was enacted first is not known, however, according to the most of the scholars, the play was launched somewhere between 1605 and 1610. Some others try to emphasize that the play was first staged in probably 1608 or 1609.