The Shakespeare Timeline Wallbook: Unfold the Complete Plays of Shakespeare--One Theater, Thirty-Eight Dramas!

The perfect Shakespeare home-learning resource for children aged 6 - 14

William Shakespeare's plays are presented as never before, with all 38 masterpieces simultaneously performed in front of you on a 6-foot fold-out timeline set in the iconic Globe Theatre.

Spot the ghosts, hunt for the murderers, discover the poison, and revel in Elizabethan romance as each play unfolds. Concise plot summaries, key textual quotes, and carefully illustrated scenes help pinpoint the action.

Developed in partnership with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, the timeline also features essential moments in Shakespeare's life, providing a unique narrative context to the works of the world's favourite bard. These are written in the form of 40 newspaper articles in an easy-to-read chronicle, and feature important events such as the first sale of Shakespeare's works and the rebuilding of the Globe Theatre. Other features include a page of letters to the editor, a fifty-question quiz, and pocket magnifier to make it easy and fun to explore all the timeline's details.

This timeline is essential for all curious minds in a world where loving learning matters more than ever before. It is perfect for 6-14 year olds, but equally fascinating for drama lovers of any age! You can enjoy this timeline many ways: unfolding it on the floor, reading it like a book or detaching it to stick it to the wall.

Publisher: What on Earth Publishing
Published: 04/18/2017
Pages: 24
Weight: 1.3lbs
Size: 14.19h x 10.50w x 0.38d
ISBN: 9780993284762
Age: Ages 9-12


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/23/2017
Booklist 02/01/2017 pg. 34
School Library Journal 03/01/2017 pg. 170

About the Author
Walton, Nick: - Dr. Nick Walton devises and delivers programs of study for school and university students, as well as for the general public. As Executive Secretary to the International Shakespeare Association he helped organize the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth World Shakespeare Congresses in Brisbane (2006), Prague (2011), and Stratford/London (2016) respectively. Nick has written introductory material for the Penguin editions of Timon of Athens and Love's Labour's Lost, as well as a chapter on Glen Byam Shaw to the book Director's Shakespeare, an entry in the Cambridge World Shakespeare Encyclopaedia on Shakespeare Societies, and multiple chapters in DK's The Shakespeare Book. Nick is co-author of The Shakespeare Timeline Wallbook, a giant version of which can be viewed in the Birthplace garden. He has worked with the Actors' Shakespeare Project (Boston) on two of their Shakespearian productions, and has been a guest speaker at the British Museum, Central School of Speech and Drama, The Siegfried Sassoon Fellowship, and the National Theatre. Nick was one of the presenters for the RSC's Hamlet web resource produced by the BBC, and for their Massive Open Online Course on Much Ado About Nothing and Othello.Lloyd: - Christopher Lloyd graduated with a double-first class degree in history from Cambridge University. Christopher became Science Correspondent with The Sunday Times newspaper in London and is now a best-selling author of more than 15 books on world history including What on Earth Happened? The Complete Story of the Planet, Life and People from the Big Bang to the Present Day (Bloomsbury) and the series of What on Earth? Timelines. He is in great demand as a lecturer and public speaker throughout the world at conferences, educational seminars, museums, festivals and schools.Walton: - Dr Nick Walton devises and delivers programs of study for school and university students, as well as for members of the general public. As Executive Secretary to the International Shakespeare Association he helped organize the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth World Shakespeare Congresses in Brisbane (2006), Prague (2011), and Stratford/London (2016) respectively. Nick has written introductory material for the Penguin editions of Timon of Athens and Love's Labour's Lost, as well as contributing a chapter on Glen Byam Shaw to the book Director's Shakespeare, an entry in the forthcoming Cambridge World Shakespeare Encyclopaedia on Shakespeare Societies, and multiple chapters in Dorling Kindersley's The Shakespeare Book (published 2015). Nick is co-author of The Shakespeare Timeline Wallbook published in 2014, a giant version of which can be viewed in the Birthplace garden. He has worked with the Actors' Shakespeare Project (Boston, USA) on two of their Shakespearian productions, and has been a guest speaker at the British Museum, Central School of Speech and Drama, The Siegfried Sassoon Fellowship, and the National Theatre. Nick was one of the presenters for the RSC's Hamlet web resource produced by the BBC, and for their Massive Open Online Course on Much Ado About Nothing and Othello.
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