SHAKESPEARE IS HARD BUT SO IS LIFE (HB)

Shakespeare’s works are discussed and presented everywhere from early schoolrooms to lecture rooms, local theatre to modern adaptations in film and TV. We think we know his plays - but is that really the case? Fintan O'Toole examines Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and King Lear and shows how their tragic heroes have been reduced, moulded and over-simplified. The acclaimed author of Heroic Failure and We Don’t Know Ourselves restores the true heart and spirit of these classics for a modern audience. ‘Challenging, irreverent and funny' - Roddy Doyle.