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Widge is an orphan with a rare talent for shorthand. His fearsome master has just one demand: steal Shakespeare's play "Hamlet"--or else. Widge has no choice but to follow orders, so he works his way into the heart of the Globe Theatre, where Shakespeare's players perform.
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Classical in form, resolved, earnest and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Gary L. Blackwood
- First published
- 1998
- Pages
- 216
- Publisher
- Dutton Children's Books, Penguin Group USA, Inc., Recorded Books
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780141305950
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Though he's best known as an author of novels and nonfiction books (*The Shakespeare Stealer* series, *The Year of the Hangman*, *Second Sight*, *Bucket's List*), **Gary L. Blackwood** has also penned a dozen stage plays for youth and adults. **Dark Horse** won the Ferndale (CA) Repertory Theatre's competition; ***The Count of One*** was winner of the Festival of Firsts in Carmel, CA; ***Fateville*** took top prize at the Dayton FutureFest. His stage adaptation of ***The Shakespeare Stealer*** has been produced by most of the top children's theatres in the States.
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