Twelfth Night HARDCOVER

by Saddleback Educational Publishing

This series features classic Shakespeare retold with graphic color illustrations. Educators using the Dale-Chall vocabulary system adapted each title. Each 64-page, softcover book retains key phrases and quotations from the original play. Research shows that the more students read, the better their vocabulary, their ability to read, and their knowledge of the world. Shipwrecked Viola disguises herself as a boy and enters the service of Duke Orsino and falls in love with him. Orsino sends his servant, Cesario (Viola in disguise) to woo the Countess Olivia on his behalf. Olivia cannot love Orsino, but promptly falls in love with his servant, Cesario (Viola). Viola's shipwrecked twin brother, Sebastian, arrives on the scene creating chaos as it now appears that Cesario can be in two places at once. Will all the confusion end to everyone's satisfaction? (Hardcover Edition)

64 pages, Hardcover

Published September 1, 2006

Reviews

[寿理 宮本 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I get that the only way I'm ever going to understand Shakespeare is to see a visual depiction (actual play or a comic, like this one), but who exactly is the target audience for this? I don't see little kids understanding the somewhat adult humour of "I ABSOLUTELY MUST WORK FOR THIS WOMAN I'VE NEVER MET BEFORE SO MUCH SO I'LL CROSSDRESS AS A BOY" (adult as in why would a kid want to do this, I sure didn't want a job as a kid), and what person who can at least attempt to understand Shakespeare doesn't know what a NIECE is (seemingly random footnotes for vocabulary word definitions).

Okay adaptation, just strange.

[Marti · Rating 3 out of 5]

Research for a performance I'll see next week.