As the banner reads, I am Martin Baum; a blogger, satirist, playwright, and after my book To Be or Not To Be, Innit, a Yoof-Speak Guide to Shakespeare became an overnight best-seller, I am also an author. I made the Bard fun and accessible for a younger generation who just didn’t get what William Shakespeare was all about.
Soon after I was signed by Bafta-nominated Greg Smith, legendary producer of hit shows Jolson and Buddy, to write a play inspired by my book.
I have always found Shakespeare the man to be most intriguing and fascinating. After all, as a director, producer and writer, Shakespeare was the ultimate Elizabethan luvvy with a flair for self-publicity and, as an artiste, an almost certain loathing of criticism.
These views and others have enabled me to write, blog and broadcast a controversial yet unique insight into the character of Britain’s greatest playwright.
Book Break
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"To Be or Not To Be, Innit"
Is an accurately abridged selection of fifteen plays penned by William Shakespeare with a subtle difference; it's written in the language of "the street".
"Oi, Mate, Gimme Some More!"
This is the second book in the series and gives the yoof-speak treatment to all sixteen novels written by Charles Dickens, England's greatest novelist.