This is a wonderful collection of retellings of six of William Shakespeare's best-loved plays - a perfect mix of comedy, tragedy, magic and romance - retold for younger readers. Full of colourful illustrations from the `Usborne Young Reading Programme`. It contains `A Midsummer Night's Dream`, `Hamlet`, `Macbeth`, `Romeo and Juliet`, `The Tempest` and `Twelfth Night`. It includes a section at the back on the life and times of William Shakespeare. It comes now in a shrink-wrapped, luxurious cloth-bound edition, making it a gift to treasure.