Dramatis Personae. Principal players /-- Lavina /-- Juliet /-- Ophelia /-- Cordellia /-- Supporting players /-- Joan of Arc /-- Gertrude /-- Desdemona /-- Emilia /-- Goneril /-- Regan /-- Lady Macbeth /-- Cleopatra. --
Audience
Ages 14 and up. Dutton Books.
Grades 10-12. Dutton Books.
Summary
In the room beneath a theater stage, the ghosts of Juliet, Ophelia, Cordelia, and other teenage girls who died tragically in Shakespeare's plays, share their experiences and trauma and get the chance to retell the stories of their lives in their own terms.