See Shakespeare’s plays as an Elizabethan audience would have done!

“Shakespeare: A Six Pack” by Paul Clark is published

About the Book:

Six plays are examined in this book in an original and engaging way, re-entering the culture and mind set of Shakespeare’s time.

The plays are:

Titus Andronicus
Richard the Third
The Merchant of Venice
Measure for Measure
Othello
The Tempest

If you are already familiar with the plays you will gain fascinating insights.

If you have only slight knowledge, you will certainly be drawn in to read more.

About the Author:

Paul Clark is a retired academic with a life-long interest in and knowledge of Shakespeare. He lives in London.

Excerpt from the Introduction to the Book:

“The essays are for readers, playgoers and actors who are already familiar with the plays. They are offered as contributions for informal discussion. There’s no editorial apparatus – no footnotes, for textual problems or critical evaluations, etc.

They focus on authentically ‘Shakespearean’ rather than ‘contemporary’ interpretations. However problematic, it’s worthwhile to make an effort to re-enter the culture and mind-set of Shakespeare’s original audience. More than four hundred years have passed since the plays were new, and we need, of course, to understand how this limits our ability to regard Shakespeare as ‘our contemporary’. But the differences become increasingly important as the decades and centuries tick by. We now have to make a conscious decision to set aside interpretations reflecting our own values and concerns and look instead for older meanings waiting to be discovered anew.”

SHAKESPEARE: A SIX PACK by Paul Clark is available in paperback from:

www.amazon.co.uk/Shakespeare-Six-Pack-Paul-Clark/dp/1785072900

It is also available to download in e-book format from:

www.amazon.co.uk/Shakespeare-Six-Pack-Paul-Clark-ebook/dp/B00YCAFJA0

Press/Media Contact Details:

New Generation Publishing
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