Shakespeare's Globe: An Interactive Pop-up Theatre

by Toby Forward, Juan Wijngaard (Illustrator)

Come actors, playwrights, and groundlings to Shakespeare's Globe to brush up on history and perform some famous scenes from the Bard's greatest plays. Break a leg!

Welcome to the Globe, the greatest theater in the world! The year is 1612, and leading Shakespearean actor Richard Burbage is conducting a backstage tour of everything from the pit below the stage to the grand ceiling painted to resemble the heavens. Take a peek inside this marvelous miniature theater to

— A 3-D pop-up model of the Globe Theatre

— A book of fascinating inside facts on the theater's history, design, and legendary performances

— 10 sheets containing a total of 20 press-out, standup characters

— Two booklets — one for you and one for a friend — featuring popular scenes from 12 Shakespearean plays, including A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, ROMEO AND JULIET, TWELFTH NIGHT, AS YOU LIKE IT, and more

In SHAKESPEARE'S GLOBE — approved by the Globe Theatre itself — you'll find everything you need to stage your own performances of the most memorable scenes in theater history.

14 pages, Hardcover

Published May 10, 2005

About the author

Toby Forward is the author of many books for children, including Shakespeare's Globe. He has also written for adults. Toby Forward lives in Liverpool, England, with his wife and two daughters.

Reviews

[Jimmy · Rating 4 out of 5]

For the imaginative child.

[Jeanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

We had so much fun with this theater. It inspired Giselle to combine many of Shakespeare's famous lines into her own reader's digest version of his plays. This theater is so fun--I loved playing with it. It was well-used in one year, and carefully guarded thereafter!

[Brooke · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jen gets two thumbs up for giving me this awesome book/toy/educational tool/entertainment item for Christmas. :) Shakespeare nerds, you will have hours of fun with this one.