Synopses & Reviews
Feuding families—the Montagues and Capulets. Star-crossed lovers—Romeo and Juliet. A street brawl and a masquerade ball. Comedy and tragedy. Murder and revenge. True romance. A secret marriage. A double suicide.
This manga edition features a four-page introduction that sets the stage and a text that’s abridged, but retains Shakespeare’s original language, setting, and time. Packed with action and emotion, it is the ideal way to explore Shakespeare’s timeless themes and appreciate his immortal love scenes.
Review
"Reading a comic adaptation of Shakespeare offers students an opportunity to make sense of the rich language using the illustrations. Shakespeare, after all, was meant to be seen not read. Experiencing Shakespeare as a comic is the best substitute to watching the play itself." (The Graphic Classroom, April 12, 2008)
Synopsis
A new approach to the love story that never grows old!
The "star-crossed" lovers have moved readers and movie-goers in a variety of forms through the years. More than 55,000 copies of various print editions of the play are sold annually. The manga version of Romeo and Juliet infuses new energy into the trials and tribulations of history's most passionate and celebrated young lovers.
Yali Lin (Staten Island, NY) is a graphic artist.
Synopsis
Feuding families—the Montagues and Capulets. Star-crossed lovers—Romeo and Juliet. A street brawl and a masquerade ball. Comedy and tragedy. Murder and revenge. True romance. A secret marriage. A double suicide.
This manga edition features a four-page introduction that sets the stage and a text thats abridged, but retains Shakespeares original language, setting, and time. Packed with action and emotion, it is the ideal way to explore Shakespeares timeless themes and appreciate his immortal love scenes.
Synopsis
Shakespeare's Romeo &Juliet
Feuding familiesthe Montagues and Capulets. Star-crossed loversRomeo and Juliet. A street brawl and a masquerade ball. Comedy and tragedy. Murder and revenge. True romance. A secret marriage. A double suicide.
Packed with action and emotion, this manga edition is the ideal way to explore Shakespeare's timeless themes and appreciate his immortal love scenes.
About the Author
Adam Sexton is author of
Master Class in Fiction Writing and editor of the anthologies
Love Stories, Rap on Rap, and
Desperately Seeking Madonna. He has written on art and entertainment for
The New York Times and
The Village Voice, and he teaches fiction writing and literature at New York University and critical reading and writing at Parsons School of Design. A graduate of Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania, he lives in Brooklyn with his wife and son.
Yali Lin was born in Guang Dong, southern China. She started drawing comics before she knew what they were. At the age of 11, she moved to New York City with her family and read her first comic book in 7th grade. Immediately she fell in love with the endless fantasy worlds you can create in this fast growing medium. Her influences are found in Japanesemanga, mainly Shojo. In May 2006, Yali graduated from the School of Visual Arts with her BFA in Cartooning. She is currently drawing her second book and teaches cartooning classes to young children and teens in NYC.
Table of Contents
Suiting the Action to the Word: Shakespeare and Manga.
Act I.
Act II.
Act III.
Act IV.
Act V.