German

William Shakespeare in German

William Shakespeare was an English playwright and poet whose stories have remained famous for more than four centuries. His works explore love, ambition, jealousy, revenge, betrayal, magic and the struggle for power through some of literature’s most recognizable characters. This LingoPlasty collection presents accessible prose retellings of celebrated Shakespeare plays, such as: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello, The Tempest and The Merchant of Venice. Rather than reproducing the original theatrical scripts, these versions present each complete plot as a continuous story. Each story is available at graded language levels, allowing language learners to read and listen at a level appropriate to their ability, with side-by-side English support throughout.