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Celebrating Shakespeare's Plays Celebrating Shakespeare’s Plays Over 400 Years of Drama This is an Interactive Book List Click on the cover of each book to read descriptions and reviews on Amazon.com Search for these titles online at the San Diego Public Library, San Diego County Library or on the Libby app to read them for free. The Bard of Avon One of my sixth grade teachers introduced me to Shakespeare’s plays. I can still remember him telling my class that we were going to put on a really fun play called Hamlet. It had ghosts, murder and romance and that we’d get to learn how to sword fight. Putting on Hamlet was every bit as fun as he promised it would be. We all enjoyed it so much that our class put on The Taming of the Shrew during our Summer vacation. I know what you’re thinking. Why on Earth did 12 year old Ms. Furey give up her Summer break to put on a 400 year old play? That’s easy. Ghosts. Murder. Romance. Sword fighting! Shakespeare wrote plays that are amazingly fun to read, watch and perform. I hope this list will inspire you to give the Bard a try. I’m sure you’ll like him as as much as I do. --Ms. Furey Shakespearean Characters Thomas Stothard, painter (1755–1834) Tate Gallery, London, England Shakespeare’s Plays The Oxford The Complete The Complete All's Well That Shakespeare: The Works of Illustrated Ends Well Complete Works, Shakespeare Stratford (Folger 2nd Edition by William Shakespeare Shakespeare by William Shakespeare by William Library) Shakespeare Shakespeare by William Shakespeare Shakespeare’s Plays Antony and As You Like It The Comedy of Coriolanus Cleopatra (Folger Errors (Folger (Folger Shakespeare (Folger Shakespeare Shakespeare Library) Shakespeare Library) Library) by William Library) by William by William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare’s Plays Cymbeline Hamlet Henry IV, Part I Henry IV, Part II (Folger (Folger Library (Folger (Folger Shakespeare Shakespeare) Shakespeare Shakespeare Library) by William Library) Library) by William Shakespeare by William by William Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare’s Plays Henry V Henry VI, Part I Henry VI, Part II Henry VI, Part III (Folger (Folger (Folger (Folger Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Library) Library) Library) Library) by William by William by William by William Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare’s Plays Henry VIII Julius Caesar King John King Lear (Folger (Folger (Folger (Folger Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Library) Library) Library) Library) by William by William by William by William Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare’s Plays Love's Labor's Macbeth Measure for The Merchant of Lost (Folger Measure Venice (Folger Shakespeare (Folger (Folger Shakespeare Library) Shakespeare Shakespeare Library) by William Library) Library) by William Shakespeare by William by William Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare’s Plays Merry Wives of A Midsummer Much Ado About Othello Windsor Night's Dream Nothing (Folger (Folger (Folger (Folger Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Library) Library) Library) Library) by William by William by William by William Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare’s Plays Pericles Richard II Richard III Romeo And Juliet (Folger (Folger (Folger (Folger Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Library) Library) Library) Library) by William by William by William by William Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare’s Plays The Taming of the The Tempest Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Shrew (Folger (Folger (Folger (Folger Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Library) Library) Library) Library) by William by William by William by William Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare’s Plays Troilus and Twelfth Night The Two Gentlemen Winter's Tale Cressida (Folger of Verona (Folger (Folger Shakespeare (Folger Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Library) Library) Library) Library) by William by William by William by William Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare The Play Scene In Hamlet - Act III Scene 2 Edwin Austin Abbey, painter (1852-1911) Yale University, New Haven, CT Spanish Translations of Shakespeare’s Works Comedias (Obra Tragedias (Obra Dramas históricos Romances (Obra completa completa (Obra completa completa Shakespeare 1) Shakespeare 2) Shakespeare 3) Shakespeare 4) (Spanish Edition) (Spanish Edition) (Spanish Edition) (Spanish Edition) by William by William by William by William Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Spanish Translations of Shakespeare’s Works Poesías (Obra Romeo y Julieta El Libro de Las obras completas completa (Spanish Edition) Shakespeare de William Shakespeare 5) by William (Spanish Edition) Shakespeare (Spanish Edition) Shakespeare by DK (Spanish Kindle by William Edition) Shakespeare by William Shakespeare David Garrick as Richard III Othello, the Moor of Venice William Hogarth, painter (1697–1764) James Northcote, painter (1746–1831) Walker Art Gallery Manchester Art Gallery Full Cast Audios of Shakespeare’s Plays The GPA Library has full-cast audio editions of all of Shakespeare’s plays in .mp3 format. These can be emailed to any member of the GPA community upon request. Please send your request to Ms. Furey by email to: [email protected] Let her know the name of the play you want to listen to and the email address she should send the links to. Audio editions are stored on the Cloud and each one has multiple tracks. If you have trouble listening to a particular track, please let Ms. Furey know and she will cheerfully fix the problem. 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