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Romeo & Juliet by Richard Appignanesi

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Apr 12, 11

bookshelves: graphic-novels, review
Read in April, 2011

Quite a more happy marriage of Shakespeare's text and Manga visuals than the titular couple enjoy. This sort of venture is excellent for intriguing young minds to the bard's plays. It isn't the full text mind you, but what does appear is pretty much untampered with. Although the visuals represent a Japanese cast of characters playing out a modern day Tokyo Yakuza rivalry it doesn't distract too much from the power of Shakespeare's wordplay. Manga visuals are an excellent medium for representing the emotional context of a story and Sonia Leong's pencils are cleanly rendered. Nice idea.

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message 1: by Adrianna (new) - added it

Adrianna This sounds like a fun interpretation of a timeless classic. I just added it to my TBR list.


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