{"product_id":"9781035908707-shakespeare-is-hard-but-so-is-life","title":"Shakespeare is Hard, but so is Life","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA provocative but serious reflection on Shakespeare's greatest tragedies, showing how the finest plays of Shakespeare have been made unintelligible and irrelevant to a modern audience in an attempt to fit a world of conservative values.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe works of Shakespeare have become staples of literature. They are everywhere, from our early schooling to the lecture rooms of academia, from classic theatre to modern adaptations on stage and screen. But how well do we really know his plays?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this witty, iconoclastic book, the bestselling author Fintan O’Toole examines four of Shakespeare’s most enduring tragedies: \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOthello\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e. He shows how their tragic heroes have been over-simplified and moulded to fit restrictive, conservative values, and restores the true heart and spirit of the classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I've never read a book like this before: it's challenging, irreverent and funny.' \u003ci\u003eRoddy Doyle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53526004269430,"sku":"9781035908707","price":8.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36347381_e7c0ed19-f257-4a68-a66f-34a2f30386aa.jpg?v=1759429331","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781035908707-shakespeare-is-hard-but-so-is-life","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}