Shakespeare Cats

Shakespeare Cats

4.31 of 5 stars 4.31  ·  rating details  ·  13 ratings  ·  2 reviews
For this book of cats in costume, Susan Herbert turns from masterpieces of fine art to masterpieces of theater. Painting in her familiar and highly popular style, this imaginative artist presents an irresistible array of well-known characters in the great Shakespearean plays, from the tragic Romeo and Juliet to the mischievous Titania, from the beautiful Cleopatra to the r...more
Hardcover, 64 pages
Published June 1st 1996 by Bulfinch Press
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Daniel
I think that this book actually fared somewhat better than the Medieval Cats book by the same author/artist. This could be, perhaps, because I have a more than slight interest in Shakespeare, but I think it has more to do with the ability to give at least some of the paintings some character.

Finally some of the animals seem to show an emotion or feeling: "Kate" in the Taming of the Shrew; "Shylock" in the second Merchant of Venice picture; "Falstaff" in the Merry Wives of Windsor; and a few of t...more
Jiw Sirirat
She painted cats that can express various of human feelings through Shakespeare's plays.
Jeff
Dec 16, 2012 Jeff marked it as to-read
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