书名：Illustrated Stories from Shakespeare莎士比亚插图故事合集

读者对象：9岁及以上
作者：William Shakespeare
出版社名称：Usborne
出版时间：2014
语种：英文
ISBN：9781409522232
商品尺寸：15.3 x 4.4 x 20.2 cm
包装：精装
页数：416（以实物为准）

本书复述了包含莎士比亚喜爱的六部戏剧的故事，加入了彩色的插图、方便易懂，为孩子们在自信的阅读中成长。包括《第十二夜》、《仲夏夜之梦》、《哈姆雷特》、《麦克白》、《罗密欧与朱丽叶》、《暴风雨》以及莎士比亚本人的短篇传记。每个故事都有一个总结和人物的图片。读者可以登录网站，在网上收听戏剧片段，了解更多关于莎士比亚的故事

This is a wonderful collection of six retellings of William Shakespeare's best-loved plays - a perfect mix of comedy, tragedy, magic and romance, retold for younger readers. It is full of colourful illustrations from the Usborne Young Reading Programme. It contains the plays "A Midummer Night's Dream", "Hamlet", "Macbeth", "Romeo and Juliet", "The Tempest", and "Twelfth Night". It also includes a section at the back on the life and times of Shakespeare.

威廉·莎士比亚（William Shakespeare，1564年4月23日—1616年4月23日），人常尊称为莎翁，是英国文学史上杰出的戏剧家，也是欧洲文艺复兴时期重要、伟大的作家，当时人文主义文学的集大成者，以及无与伦比卓越的文学家。1590年到1600年是莎士比亚的创作的黄金时代。他的早期剧本主要是喜剧和历史剧，在16世纪末期达到了深度和艺术性的高峰。接下来1601到1608年他主要创作悲剧，莎士比亚崇尚高尚情操，常常描写牺牲与复仇，包括《奥赛罗》、《哈姆雷特》、《李尔王》和《麦克白》，被认为属于英语绝佳范例。在他人生最后阶段，他开始创作悲喜剧，又称为传奇剧。

莎士比亚流传下来的作品包括37部戏剧、154首十四行诗、两首长叙事诗。他的戏剧有各种主要语言的译本，且表演次数远远超过其他所有戏剧家的作品。

William Shakespeare(bapt. 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist.He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard"). His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. 

Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, Shakespeare's works have been continually adapted and rediscovered by new movements in scholarship and performance. His plays remain popular and are studied, performed, and reinterpreted through various cultural and political contexts around the world.