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David Schajer
Biography
There really is not much to say until about 5 years ago.
That is when Shakespeare changed my life.
I watched The Merchant of Venice and had an epiphany.
Very slowly over the next five years I wrote adaptations of Hamlet, Richard III and Merchant.
My epiphany was that Shakespeare did not write his plays to be read.
He did not write them for you or me.
He wrote them for HIS audience.
So, my adaptations take us back in time to Elizabethan London, and put us front and center in that audience to watch these plays as they would have been performed for the first time.
And it is how that Elizabethan audience reacts to the plays -- laughing when it is funny, crying when it is sad, and heckling whenever they feel like it -- that gives us, the modern audience, a translation to the play.
That is when Shakespeare changed my life.
I watched The Merchant of Venice and had an epiphany.
Very slowly over the next five years I wrote adaptations of Hamlet, Richard III and Merchant.
My epiphany was that Shakespeare did not write his plays to be read.
He did not write them for you or me.
He wrote them for HIS audience.
So, my adaptations take us back in time to Elizabethan London, and put us front and center in that audience to watch these plays as they would have been performed for the first time.
And it is how that Elizabethan audience reacts to the plays -- laughing when it is funny, crying when it is sad, and heckling whenever they feel like it -- that gives us, the modern audience, a translation to the play.
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Books
Shakespeare's Premiere of The Merchant of Venice
by David Schajer
Price:
$9.99 USD.
Words: 43,000.
Language:
English.
Published: May 3, 2012
.
Categories:
Plays » Shakespeare, Screenplays » Period piece
William Shakespeare's most problematic "problem play" solved for the first time!
This adaptation answers many unsolved questions:
What does the play mean?
Why did Shakespeare write it as a comedy?
What makes it funny?
When did Shakespeare write the play?
Why did he write the play?
Why is the play so misunderstood?
Was Shakespeare really anti-Semitic?
Why is Shylock the hero?
Shakespeare's Premiere of Richard III
by David Schajer
Price:
$9.99 USD.
Words: 39,970.
Language:
English.
Published: May 3, 2012
.
Categories:
Plays » Shakespeare, Screenplays » Period piece
William Shakespeare's famous play is solved for the first time!
This adaptation answers many unsolved questions:
Who was Richard III?
When was Richard III written?
Why did Shakespeare write Richard III?
What did Shakespeare's audience think of Richard III?
Why is this play so important in Shakespeare's life?
Shakespeare's Premiere of Hamlet
by David Schajer
Price:
$9.99 USD.
Words: 40,330.
Language:
English.
Published: May 3, 2012
.
Categories:
Plays » Shakespeare, Screenplays » Period piece
William Shakespeare's most famous play solved for the first time!
This adaptation answers many unsolved questions:
Who was Hamlet?
When was Hamlet written?
Why did Shakespeare write Hamlet?
What did Shakespeare's audience think of the play?
Why is it Shakespeare's greatest play?
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Smashwords book reviews by David Schajer
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What's It All About, Shakespeare? An Introduction To The Bard Of Avon
on Sep. 12, 2012
(no rating)
Very enjoyable book, and a great introduction to Shakespeare. i learned quite a bit, that I didn't know before. I would recommend this to students especially, since it makes Shakespeare easy to understand.
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What's It All About, Shakespeare? An Introduction To The Bard Of Avon
on Sep. 12, 2012
I enjoyed reading this. It was entertaining, and I learned quite a bit I didn't know before. I think this would be great for students, since it makes it easy to learn more about Shakespeare.