Twelfth Night

by Jan Dean

Written for ages seven to ten, The Shakespeare Collection is an irresistible retelling of Shakespeare's most popular plays in storybook form. Written by experienced children's authors, the stories have been reviewed by Kathy Elgin of the Royal Shakespeare Company and contain extracts from the original texts. Illustrated with full-color and black-and-white drawings throughout, these lively books make Shakespeare accessible to a young audience, sparking a lifelong interest in the Bard and his world.

Genres: Shakespeare, Plays, Drama, Classics

Paperback

First published February 1, 2010

Reviews

[Mackenzie Clevenger · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.25 - this play was fun, but I think I’m just more of a tragedy girlie than a comedy girlie.

I was kind of struck how some themes in this play felt really similar to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which I suppose makes sense that Shakespeare might have similar themes throughout his work, but it was more so the seemingly unimportance of people’s actual personalities in terms of falling in love. Olivia couldn’t tell that Sebastian was a different person who may have had a different personality than Cessario, and still married him just because he looked like Cessario. There seems to be an emphasis on the actual disposition of a person not being that important or being interchangeable if people look similar which is an interesting theme.

I honestly didn’t really care about Sir Toby or Sir Andrew’s plot line at all like they’re kind of the actual villains of the play and I don’t like them. It also took me a bit to understand why the Sebastian/Antonio plot line was important and it didn’t fully click until Olivia and Sebastian ran into each other, but even then was Antonio really needed as a character? Still, it was fun to see everyone running into one another and getting confused because of the twin situation until everything was eventually revealed, really illuminating the structure of a comedy in moving from chaos to order. I think that’s definitely the easiest to see in this play.

[juju · Rating 4 out of 5]

"I am all the daughters of my father’s house,
And all the brothers too—and yet I know not."

[Ben Avery]

This book is a must read. It is good for kids and is full of action adventure and a lot of romance.
Its about a ship that gets washed under water by a giant wave and twins are on the ship.The girl twin
(named Viola) thinks her twin brother (named Sabastian) is dead.Viola gets washed up in the country of Illyria. then she dresses up like a boy . . .










(i wont say anything else because it will spoil it)











by:Ben age:10

[Naomi · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I loved the concept of this book, I couldn't help but try to determine its appropriate audience while I was reading it. The book comes complete with the true Shakespearian language that only I would say late middle schoolers would be able to comprehend, I found the illustrations to be highly juvenile which might turn off readers. On that note, I love that this age group is being introduced to the wonderment of Shakespeare at all and found this a beautiful way to make it happen.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not my favorite of Shakespeare's, but then again i like the darker material. It was however light, fun, and a good distraction from all the dark stuff I had been reading! I recommend it for something fun but can still make you feel like a smarty pants

[Liz Thackeray · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have read this play many, many times. And now I get to read it again with my students. I am really excited to read this play. It should be fun.

Finished! As of last week I have read this play six times in the past 3 weeks. And my students wonder why I have many of the lines memorized...

[Keon Avery · Rating 5 out of 5]

cool a story about a girl that dresses up as a boy!? a girl falls in love with the girl dressed up as a boy
but cos she is ship wrecked her brother sank but he is alive cool .
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keon avery .Aged 8

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was fun to read.

[Sarah]

The Lake Country Playhouse performed a version of this play set in the 1940s if I remember right.

[Michael P. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting blend of text pages and comic book pages to retell Shakespeare's story, with lots of pedagogical bells and whistles to teach principles of literature to students with special needs.

[Christy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This series combines graphic novel format with Shakespeare's own words. An updated, illustrated version of Twelfth Night.

[StrictlySequential · Rating 5 out of 5]

First published in Britain - this is the non-U.K. edition

Engineered for optimal understanding so the modern reader doesn't miss the humour of yore!

[bea · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Amanda G · Rating 3 out of 5]

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