King of Shadows

Paperback, 192 pages

English language

Published May 31, 2005 by Aladdin.

ISBN:
978-1-4169-0532-5
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OCLC Number:
225427805

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While in London as part of an all-boy acting company preparing to perform in a replica of the famous Globe Theatre, Nat Field suddenly finds himself transported back to 1599 and performing in the original theater under the tutelage of Shakespeare himself.

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A surprisingly moving story about an orphan boy actor who is magically transported 400 years back from the 20th century to the original Globe theatre, where he performs in A Midsummer Night's Dream which he had been rehearsing for in his own time) and meets William Shakespeare himself.

Subjects

  • Performing Arts - General
  • Historical - Renaissance
  • Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)
  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
  • Time travel
  • Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
  • Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic
  • Actors and actresses
  • Fiction
  • Globe Theatre (Southwark, London, England)