A collection of prose retellings of ten familiar Shakespeare plays, each illustrated by a well-known artist or artists.

A Midsummer's Night's Dream/ illustrated by Gail de Marcken--Hamlet/ illustrated by P.J. Lynch--Much Ado About Nothing/ illustrated by Mary GrandPre'--King Lear/ illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon--As You Like It/ illustrated by Barbara McClintock--Macbeth/ illustrated by Barry Moser--The Tempest/ illustrated by Mark Teague--Othello/ illustrated by Kadir Nelson--Romeo and Juliet/ illustrated by David Shannon--Twelfth Night/ illustrated by Chesley McLaren.