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Books in the Play genre:

The Shoemaker’s Holiday (1975)

The Shoemaker’s Holiday Thomas Dekker book cover
An Elizabethan play written by Thomas Dekker. It falls into the subgenre of city comedy, moving through the urban landscape of 16th century apprenticeships and artisan production with tales of thwarted marriages and class division. Read online at&nbs... View More

Author(s): Thomas Dekker
Illustrator(s): C. Walter Hodges

America! (1976)

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Nicola Bayley supplied the cover painting for this Combined Theatrical Charities Appeals Council fundraiser.

Author(s): None
Illustrator(s): None

A Midsummer-Night’s Dream (1977)

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Calligraphy by Graily Hewitt accompanies the Rackham illustrations.

Author(s): William Shakespeare
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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The Spanish Tragedy (1983)

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An Elizabethan tragedy that was highly popular and influential in its time. The Spanish Tragedy established a new genre in English theatre: the revenge play or revenge tragedy. Read online at archive.org... View More

Author(s): Thomas Kyd
Illustrator(s): C. Walter Hodges

The Comedy of Errors (1988)

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This edition pays special attention to the earliest known performance at Gray's Inn Hall during the Christmas Revels of 1594. Read online at archive.org... View More

Author(s): William Shakespeare
Illustrator(s): C. Walter Hodges

Valentine & Orson (1989)

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Twins separated at birth, one raised by a bear, the other by the King of France recognize each other on the field of honor.

Author(s): Nancy Ekholm Burkert
Illustrator(s): Nancy Ekholm Burkert

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The Fields and the Hills: Book 1, The Journey Once Begun (1992)

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Weyr, a thirteen year old orphan joins a troupe of traveling players in this fantasy version of a familiar story.

Author(s): Harald Bakken
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner

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