Shakespeare's Macbeth: A Shortened Version in Modern English (The Inessential Shakespeare) Review

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(More customer reviews)I was reading this prose version of Hamlet when I took the evening off to go to a concert. Passing a theatre, I noticed Hamlet was on and went in. Having reminded myself of the plot with this book, I enjoyed the production more than I would otherwise have done, even though I like to think I know the play well.
As a teacher of English for foreign learners, I recommend this route as an introduction to Shakespeare. It lends itself well to playing in the classroom, and discussion of the issues the play raises.

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Ironic Samuel Beckett: Samuel Beckett's Life and Drama Review

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(More customer reviews)Popovic has written a great and very readable book on Samuel Beckett. Beckett comes through with all of his foibles --Popovic illustrates how Beckett lived his own theatre of the absurd. For example, Beckett storing a box of grenades for the French Resistance in plain sight on his balcony during the Nazi occupation. If you're interested in Beckett and his times or just how geniuses work, you should read this book.

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Irony can provide a means to communication, catharsis, and freedom that a person needs in order to survive in a world of permanent chaos and oppression. Ironic Samuel Beckett offers an unorthodox look at Waiting for Godot, Endgame, and Happy Days from the perspective of irony. This analysis questions the notion the Beckett's _theater of the absurd_ is essentially circular or based on nothingness, and invites the reader to reconsider established notions about Beckett and his work.

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