Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player. One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening. Read by Lily Anderson, Ariel Blake, Caitlin Davies, Almarie Guerra, Cary Hite, North Homewood, Barrie Kreinik, Nikki Massoud, Joy McCullough, Mark Oshiro, Avi Roque, Julia Whelan, and Landon Woodson.
Contents:
Late romance. "Lost girl" / Comedies. "Severe weather warning" / by Melissa Bashardoust, The winter's tale. by Mark Oshiro, Twelfth night ; "Taming of the soul mate" / by K. Ancrum, The taming of the shrew ; "King of the fairies" / by Anna-Marie McLemore, A midsummer night's dream ; "We have seen better days" / by Lily Anderson, As you like it ; "Some other metal" / by A. R. Capetta and Cory McCarthy, Much ado about nothing ; "I bleed" / by Dahlia Adler, The merchant of Venice -- A sonnet. "His invention" / by Brittany Cavallaro, Sonnet 147 -- Tragedies. "Partying is such sweet sorrow" / by Kiersten White, Romeo and Juliet ; "Dreaming of the dark" / by Lindsay Smith, Julius Caesar ; "The tragedy of Cory Lanez: an oral history" / by Tochi Onyebuchi, Coriolanus ; "Out of the storm" / by Joy McCullough, King Lear ; "Elsinore" by Patrice Caldwell, Hamlet ; "We fail" / by Samantha Mabry, Macbeth -- Late romance. "Lost girl" / by Melissa Bashardoust, The winter's tale. Lost girl / by Melissa Bashardoust. Shipwrecked / by Mark Oshiro -- King of the fairies / by Anna-Marie McLemore -- Taming of the soulmate / by K. Ancrum -- We have seen better days / by Lily Anderson -- Some other metal / by Amy Rose Capetta and Cory McCarthy -- I bleed / by Dahlia Adler -- His invention / by Brittany Cavallaro -- Partying is such sweet sorrow / by Kiersten White -- Dreaming of the dark / by Lindsay Smith -- The Tragedy of Cory Lanez / by Tochi Onyebuchi -- Elsinore / by Patrice Caldwell -- Out of the storm / by Joy McCullough -- We fail / by Samantha Mabry -- Lost girl / by Melissa Bashardoust.
Summary:
These fifteen reimaginings of Shakespeare's classic works include a midsummer's dance in a gym. A cast party amongst the star. An ode to a fallen rap legend. The authors put a modern spin on the works, for contemporary audiences. -- adapted from jacket
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