Classics in Graphics: Shakespeare's Hamlet: A Graphic Novel

by Steve Barlow

Shakespeare's Hamlet like you've never seen it - or read it - before!Classics in Hamlet has been adapted into a graphic novel by expert authors, Steve Skidmore and Steve Barlow, with illustrations by Alessandro Valdrighi and Edu Rubio. The tragic mayhem swirls on the page - as Hamlet's life crumbles around him.Classics in Graphics is a series of graphic novels for children aged 10 plus that has inclusion at its heart, flinging wide the doors of literature for everyone to enter and understand. Including dyslexia-friendly design on every page, and encouraging readers to relate to these iconic roles - casting spells, falling in love and winning duels.Each graphic novel includes pitch-perfect illustrations for presenting the tragic, the romantic, the comedic, the magical, as well - snappy simplified text presenting Shakespeare's themes clearly- introductory materials to help set the scene and context of each story- heaps of extra material at the back to keep the learning and fun going, including an exploration of themes in the play, the language, Shakespeare's inspirations, the publication and performance of the play in history, a timeline of Shakespeare's life and works, and much more!Plays available in the series MacbethThe TempestHamletRomeo and JulietA Midsummer Night's DreamMuch Ado About Nothing

Genres: Graphic Novels

112 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2022

About the author

Steve Barlow (real name Steven Lowe) was born in Britain. He studied at Warwick University and Nottingham University, and worked at various times as a teacher, actor, stage manager and puppeteer. Then he went to teach in Botswana. On his return to the UK he met Steve Skidmore, collectively known as The Two Steves—are British collaborative writers who mostly work in the field of children's literature. They have written over 70 books together.

Reviews

[Trevor Power · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was hesitant about buying this, but it is superb

I was looking for a summary of Hamlet, thought this might be interesting but was cautious about the format.

I thought this graphic novel was brilliant. The graphics are well done and help you keep track of who’s who. The dialogue is neatly summarised in the speech bubbles, making it work as a summary or as a standalone work.

The experience was best on an iPad, OK on a phone if you’re adept at scrolling and zooming, less good on a paper white because of the monochrome display and lack of ability to zoom and scroll graphics effectively

[Amanda B · Rating 2 out of 5]

“Snappy simplified text” in this graphic novel really loses the magic.