Includes index

"By expertly reimagning eight of the bard's most famous plays, including A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet, Farah Karim-Cooper breathes new life into these well-loved works. With insightful storytelling combined with historical context and key themes for each play, readers will discover how Shakespeare gives us tools to think about the world today--and realize that Shakespeare really is for everyone."--

09-12

Who is William Shakespeare? -- The Tudors -- The Elizabethan world -- Women and girls -- Actors on the stage -- The Globe Theatre -- Shakespeare's audiences -- Romeo & Juliet -- The language of love -- Macbeth -- Witchcraft -- The tragedy of Hamlet, the prince of Denmark -- Death -- A midsummer night's dream -- A history of fairies -- As you like it -- Forests and idalizing nature -- The tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice -- Multiculturalism in Venice -- The tempest -- Travel and exploration -- The merchant of Venice -- The power of lies -- The final act -- Timeline -- Glossary