Born Storytellers Readers Theatre Celebrates the Lives and Literature of Classic Authors

Subjects:

• Education » Drama

Reviews:

• Here are ready-to-use scripts for teems who are studying Shakespeare, Defoe, Dickens, Stevenson, Poe, Kipling, Alcott, Shelley, Stowe, and Verne. Index this book in the catalog to ensure that it is instantly available.
  —Teacher Librarian April 2006
• The information in the scripts is compelling, including details about the authors' lives, the times they wrote in, and samples of their work....[p]resents a solid overview of each author's life and work. Turning classic literature into an informative performance is a solid concept, and this book provides one possible tool for putting that concept into action.
  —VOYA April 2006

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Louisa May Alcott: Louisa May Alcott and Little Women--Double Image
• Daniel Defoe: The Surprising Aventures of Daniel Defoe and Robinson Crusoe
• Charles Dickens: The Class Act of Charles Dickens and Great Expectations
• Rudyard Kipling: Rudyard Kipling Unveils the Mist from the East
• Edgar Allan Poe: Edgar Allan Poe Weaves a Dark World
• William Shakespeare: William Shakespeare and his Phantasmagoria of Fantasies
• Mary Shelley: Mary Shelley Creates a Novel of Horror with Frankenstein
• Robert L. Stevenson: Robert Louis Stevenson, Tusitala, Spins Treasure Island
• Harriet B. Stowe: The Path to Uncle Tom's Cabin with Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Jules Verne: Into the Depths of Jules Verne and Captain Nemo