Description

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Turn your iPod into A Midsummer Night's Dream 101 class for on-the-go learning

In this unique audio series, 21st century technology brings alive a 16th century writer and his work so students can fully understand the genius of William Shakespeare. McGraw-Hill's PodClass: A Midsummer Night's Dream Study Guide helps you reinforce what you have learned in class or even fill in the bits you may have missed.

This program includes more than 50 mini lectures on main topic points, engaging scene summaries, and "drama bytes"--key quotes and dialogues from the play, as well as insider guidance on approaching tests, papers, and essays. This is not an abridged recording of the play; rather this dynamic audio program reveals what it means, which characters are important, what themesShakespeare was exploring-all the issues that you need to know to ace your test.

About the Author

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Jane Mallison is a teacher and former English department head at New York's Trinity School. Her students provided the scene summaries for this study guide. The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare is an award-winning production of all thirty-eight of Shakespeare's plays, featuring distinguished actors from British film and theater. The production of A Midsummer Night's Dream features Roy Hudd ("Coronation Street") as Bottom, Amanda Root ("Persuasion") as Hermia, Saskia Wickham ("Peak Practice") as Helena, Rupert Penry-Jones ("Spooks," "Jane Austen's Persuasion") as Lysander, Clarence Smith ( "Doctors") as Demetrius, Richard McCabe ("The Duchess") as Puck, David Harewood ("Robin Hood") as Oberon, and Adjoa Andoh ("Doctor Who") as Titania.