I am so pleased to be able to make Lear, with its incredible imagery and drama, available in this format. I think the graphic novel form is a perfect bridge between the printed word and theatrical performance. Shakespeare’s plays were meant to be performed, and yet their greatness rests as much on their merits as literature – on the experience they give a reader – as on their theatrical power. 1, 2010 Hinds adds another magnificent adaptation to his oeuvre ( King Lear, 2009, etc.) with this stunning graphic retelling of Homer’s epic. There's another important reason I felt this would make a great graphic novel. adapted by Gareth Hinds & illustrated by Gareth Hinds RELEASE DATE: Oct. The storm, for example, is almost a character in its own right, and demands a convincing representation. However, it tends not to be performed as often as some of his other great tragedies such as Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet, perhaps because it's difficult to do justice to some of the descriptions in a theatrical production. Lear is generally considered to be one of Shakespeare's greatest masterpieces. The only differences between the Candlewick and self-published editions are the cover designs, the weight of the paper (Candlewick's is slightly heavier), and the typeface (mine is cursive script, theirs is a more "normal" font), plus a few very minor copyedits of the text.Īmazon also has extensive samples of the Candlewick edition, including front matter and footnotes. The self-published edition is now officially out of print. Like Beowulf, this book was first self-published and later re-issued by Candlewick Press.
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