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    Brick Shakespeare: The Comedies—A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing, and The Taming of the Shrew
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    Brick Shakespeare: The Comedies—A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing, and The Taming of the Shrew
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    Brick Shakespeare: The Comedies—A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing, and The Taming of the Shrew
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    Brick Shakespeare: The Comedies—A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing, and The Taming of the Shrew

    By John McCann, Monica Sweeney and Becky Thomas

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    About this ebook

    Explore four of Shakespeare’s comedies like never beforewith LEGO bricks! This book presents Shakespeare’s most delightful comedies, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew, and The Tempest, in one thousand amazing color photographs. This unique adaptation of the world’s most famous plays stays true to Shakespeare’s original text, while giving audiences an exciting new perspective as the stories are retold with the universally beloved construction toy.

    Get caught up in hilarious misadventures as brick Puck leads the lovers astray through the brick forests of Athens. Watch Cupid kill with traps in the plot to marry Beatrice and Benedict. Marvel at the changing disguises of the men vying for brick Bianca’s affections, and feel the churn of the ocean as Prospero sinks his brother’s ship into the brick sea. These iconic stories jump off the page with fun, creative sets built brick by brick, scene by scene!

    This incredible method of storytelling gives new life to Shakespeare’s masterpieces. With an abridged form that maintains original Shakespearean language and modern visuals, this ode to the Bard is sure to please all audiences, from the most versed Shakespeare enthusiasts to young students and newcomers alike!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSkyhorse
    Release dateApr 22, 2014
    ISBN9781629140872
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    Brick Shakespeare: The Comedies—A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing, and The Taming of the Shrew
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    John McCann

    John McCann was born in Augusta, Georgia. When he was nine years old, he chipped his front teeth. The teeth became an awful overbite that prevented a social life. His first kiss nearly cut the young lady's lip. When John would speak, people would hold their hand over their mouth. His father died at an early age and his mother was financially unable to have John's overbite corrected. John escaped his embarrassment with alcohol until he realized that God had a plan for his life. John worked as a computer programmer while dedicating his life to studying the Word. He earned a Th.D. from Christian Life School of Theology. His book, Rare Spiritual Robotics, is a compilation of his studies that reveal the sovereignty of God and the misapplications within contemporary Christianity

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    • 2/5
      A rendition of some of the most famous of the bard's comedies - in Legos. A cute idea, but that's about all. The plays are rendered faithfully, with one exception - they are heavily edited, with large chunks of text being explained by a few sentences. The editing is iffy; somehow the editors manage to remove almost the entirety of Puck's role from Midsummer Night's Dream, thereby changing the tale from the brilliant work of Shakespeare to a story of two men in love with the same girl. The fairies were there, but highly truncated. Overall, the work was rather disappointing. As a gimmick to introduce the younger generation to Shakespeare, I guess it might be effective, but is it worth it? Shakespeare has charmed and delighted audiences through the ages, but if it is necessary to change it so drastically to get an audience now, perhaps he has run his course. (I hope not, but...)