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Twisted Tales from Shakespeare

from the title page: "in which Shakespeare's best-known plays are presented in a new light, the old light having blown a fuse, together with introductions, questions, appendices, and other critical apparatus intended to contribute to a clearer misunderstanding of the subject. Twistfully illustrated by Campbell Grant"

Genre
humor
Themes
theatre
Setting
1950s
Subject
history
Audience
adult
Length
short · 151 pages
Form
plays

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