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40 pp.
| Candlewick |
November, 2000 |
TradeISBN 0-7636-1209-X$$16.99
(3)
4-6
In her second spirited introduction to Shakespeare and Elizabethan theater, Williams brings the Bard to life in boisterous comic-book style. Among the seven retellings are Antony and Cleopatra, Twelfth Night, and King Lear. Busy and colorful, panels of cartoons show the actors declaiming the Bard's words, while smoothly written summaries run beneath. Spectators appear in the margins, offering an enthusiastic commentary.