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Shakespeare Retold

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Shakespeare’s plays inspire a collection of stories by leading children’s writers.

Ten of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays become the inspiration for a collection of stories by leading children’s writers and read by some famous voices.

Ten of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays become the inspiration for a collection of stories by leading children’s writers and read by some famous voices. Writers include Frank Cottrell Boyce, Pamela Butchart and Jamila Gavin; readers include Simon Callow, Shirley Henderson and Julian Rhind-Tutt.

Shakespeare Retold: The Taming of the Kat Dog

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The Taming of the Kat Dog

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A Gareth P Jones story inspired by The Taming of the Shrew. Read by Verity-May Henry

Kat and Bianca are two pedigree dogs from the same litter. Bianca is delightful, but Kat is feisty and poorly behaved. Young boy Peter takes ownership of them, but it is up to him to tame Kat the dog...
A Gareth P Jones story inspired by The Taming of the Shrew. Read by Verity-May Henry.

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