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70 pp.
| Candlewick |
May, 2008 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-3024-9$21.99
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PaperISBN 978-0-7636-3025-6$11.99
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YA
Hinds reformats Shakespeare's play as a graphic novel, with interesting--if mixed--results. Mostly using excerpts from key speeches (plus some incongruous colloquial paraphrases), Hinds shapes a coherent narrative. His characters, dressed in mid-twentieth-century clothing, convey as much meaning through expressive gestures and facial expressions as through dialogue. The clarity of narration (verbal and visual) makes this a fine bridge to Shakespeare's language.