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No one explored the highs and lows of the human experience more profoundly than Shakespeare.
And now, thanks to Quirk Books, you can explore the highs and lows of Shakespeare’s drama yourself with “Masterpuppet Theater: The World of Shakespeare–at your Fingertips!
This super cute and fun kit includes 60 finger puppet cards — well-illustrated with all of your favorite characters made famous by Willy the Shake (I always thought Hamlet was blond?) — twelve backgrounds for staging your own epics, and a 96 page booklet with all your favorite scenes.
Shakespeare’s characters speak to us across the millennia.; His depictions of flawed mortals [along with a few immortals] and their travails ring as true today as they did four centuries ago, and his works have influenced civilization ever since. Shakespeare’s innate grasp of the human heart resonates with audiences of all ages. His universal themes of love, betrayal, honor, jealousy, revenge, and all the other foibles of our species are recognizable to every culture on the planet. Representing walks of life from royalty to peasants, his dramatis personae are acutely observed and vividly rendered. Their continuying popularity and cultural impact prove that Shakespeare had his finger firmly on the pulse of human nature.
Now you and your fingers can probe the very same depths of the soul while experiencing the thrill of live performance with Masterpuppet Theatre. Although reading the plays affords you the opportunity to repeatedly savor key passages, and attending a quality production provides the experience closest to what Shakespeare intended, there is nothing like treading the boards with your own two fingers, breathing life into literature’s most iconic characters. Performing Shakespeare is a transformative venture, and Masterpuppet Theatre constitutes the ultimate hands-on experience.
A fun game to occupy your children? An educational treat for all ages? An ironic gift for the English/drama geek in your life? You decide! The clever Masterpuppet Shakespeare Theatre would make a really fun gift for any fans of high drama — or puppetry!
Quirk Book is also running a Masterpuppet Theatre DIY Shakespeare Contest, encouraging advance readers to create their own mini-Shakespeare production. They’ve got some great prizes lined up, including a Flip Cam and VISA gift cards. You can read all about that here.
And to help celebrate Quirk Book’s delightful “Masterpuppet Theatre,” we here at CuteEverything are hosting a giveaway!
Just comment below on why you would enjoy having “The World of Shakespeare at Your Fingertips,” and on 5 September 2010, a winner will have their own copy shipped to them — absolutely free. Comment away!
Thank you to everyone who commented, entering our contest for Quirk Book’s “Masterpuppet Theatre: The World of Shakespeare — at your Fingertips!” Be sure to pick one up at your local bookstore, or here on Amazon.
Congratulations to our winner — the 14th comment below — Gretta!
-Michelle
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oh my gosh, that is so great! i love shakespeare, and as a homeschooling mom, am always on the lookout for ways to help him appeal to my kids…
Great idea! I have always been apprehensive about reading Shakespeare. This seems like a great introductory book.
A co-worker of mine loves Shakespeare, I think she was sort of a “Queen of the English class” type. She’d love this for her birthday in a couple months!
I could use this book in my classroom and with my grandkids! Great giveaway!
This is so exciting! Love the idea of puppets in a book!
Shakespeare with puppets!! How fun!! I hope I win!
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This is such an innovative idea for a book! I would love to read this to my kids… and I’m sure they would enjoy the interactive element!
I was a literature major and this would be a fun way to share that with the kids in my life!
I would enjoy having this as a am a huge fan of Shakespeare work and believe this is a good way to expand it to children.
Lnordquist@live.com
I love Shakespeare, I love books, I love puppets…
Those finger puppets are too cute!!! My boys would LOVE them!!! It would be cute to have them and watch them put on “shows!”
Thank You for the giveaway!
As a homeschooling family, we could put this set to good use as an addition to our curriculum and learning. Our 4 kids would LOVE this!!
bamagv at aol dot com
This is so fun, we homeschool and read alot. This would be great this year as we enter into some Shakespeare for the first time – making for fun for sure! My daughters love to act, and this would be well used in our home.
Wow! My kids will love this book!
I would enjoy having “The World of Shakespeare at Your Fingertips” because fingerpuppets are a passion I love to share with my children. Also, what a great way to learn about the Bard’s plays!
This is a great way to spark an interest in Shakespeare at a young age! My family would love this!
My niece would love having this…My sister doesn’t believe in television for kids and this would be another perfect thing for my niece to do
sibabe64 at ptd dot net