Banished Heart, The
Will Shakespeare remain loyal to the truth and his friends in London’s crypto-Jewish community or sacrifice Dr. Lopez to further his own career? As Shakespeare struggles over his rewrites of the play that will be known as “The Merchant of Venice,” questions are raised for Paul Hoffmann, as well: in a world where he can no longer be a German, can he find the courage to rewrite the “script” and be, first and last, a Jew?
Knight of Betrayal: A Yorkshire Ghost Story Novel
The historical repercussions of a horrific crime reverberate through the centuries as the 12th century ghosts seek redemption and revenge, with no thought for anyone unlucky enough to get in their way.
1170, Canterbury Cathedral.
Four knights break sanctuary to brutally murder Archbishop Thomas Becket for their king, Henry II.
Running from their crime, the four knights – Hugh de Morville, William de Tracy, Reginald FitzUrse and Richard le Brett – flee north to Knaresborough Castle where Morville is overlord. Initially celebrating ridding their king of the pest that Becket had become, they find themselves increasingly isolated as the Church and public opinion turn against them.
2015, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire.
August is feva time – a celebration and festival of the arts. The Castle Players are to perform a play of their own creation: Knight of Betrayal, based on the events leading up to Becket’s murder.
Taking the honour very seriously, they work very hard to get into character – but after they experiment with a spirit board, are they channelling more than just the characters of the knights they are portraying?
As the group of friends begins to disintegrate, concern becomes certainty – this is one opening night that will never be forgotten as life in the small Yorkshire market town of Knaresborough tumbles into horror.
Assassins in the Cathedral: Festo Kivengere (Trailblazer Books #28)
Stage Fright on a Summer Night (Magic Tree House #25)
That’s what Jack and Annie learn when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to Elizabethan England. There they meet William Shakespeare himself—one of the greatest writers of all time! But Mr. Shakespeare’s having a hard time with some of the actors in his latest show. Are Jack and Annie ready to make a big entrance? Or will it be curtains for Shakespeare?
Terry Deary’s Best Ever Shakespeare Tales
Taming of the Shrew
Lucentio falls in love with Bianca, the apparently ideal younger daughter of the wealthy Baptista Minola. But before they can marry, Bianca’s formidable elder sister, Katherine, must be wed. Petruchio, interested only in the huge dowry, arranges to marry Katherine -against her will- and enters into a battle of the sexes that has endured as one of Shakespeare’s most enjoyable works.
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Chekhov – Plays & Stories
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Troubled House
Professor Keyes decides that it is wrong to teach as fact something that is not proven, but that he should keep an open mind and view evolution as a likely event, but not the only explanation for mankind. The play deftly points out how an entrenched belief can appear to be fact to those who hold it. It also points out that there are often severe consequences to those who might take a stand against the accepted norm. But it also shows how freeing it can be to take that stand even with the anticipated consequences.
Romeo and Juliet–Together (and Alive!) at Last
It’s Pete’s friend Ed Sitrow to the rescue, as he and other eighth-graders at South Orange River School cook up a scheme to give the budding romance a boost. The school production of Romeo and Juliet stars the bashful pair in the leading roles — and everybody’s waiting for the kissing scenes. What they get is more action than Shakespeare ever imagined, in the funniest, most disastrous…and most romantically successful production ever!
