Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Michael Morpurgo’s Tales from Shakespeare)Sir Michael Morpurgo retells two of Shakespeares best loved plays, Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummers Night Dream, in this stunning audio collection in association with the RSC, featuring readings by members of the Royal Shakespeare Company and Michael himself. Translating these iconic plays into thrilling prose, the nations favourite storyteller preserves all the imaginative genius and spark of the originals, while bringing a contemporary and vibrant

introduction and script notes by Anderson

and charismatic

beautifully written…with great pace

Ruben’s life is transformed

As her friend Sir Henry Clithering

She leaves Alec as his career founders on his refusal of an assignment to cover the Vietnam War — a slyly subversive fictional choice from Ward Just

With hundreds food photos

from blinking fireflies to croaking frogs

two women meet completely by chance

A gripping read

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