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Much Ado About Nothing (2009)

by Richard Appignanesi(Favorite Author)

4.03 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0810943239 (ISBN13: 9780810943230)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Amulet Books

review 1: Mangashakespeare; what a brilliant idea. I have never had a keen interest in Shakespeare's plays before and had only read a few of his sonnets until today.Much Ado About Nothing is not the kind of story I would usually read, but since I discovered this manga adaptation of the play I decided to give a go. I was not disappointed!It's incredibly funny, fast-paced and the illustrations are complimentary too. I think the best part is that the original text from the play is used but broken into digestible snippets so it's very easy to understand, even for someone who doesn't read a lot of old stuff (like me).This adaptation of Much Ado has got me interested enough to seek out the original play. I will also be checking out other books in the Mangashakespeare ser... moreies!
review 2: One of the Bard’s more troubling works is presented here. Is this comedy or tragedy? Is there anything to laugh at in a tale of a woman wrongly slandered, young love narrowly thwarted or a bastard prince’s evil spite? The slashing tongues of Beatrice and Benedict hide wounded hearts; there is little of comedy there. Yet we have a clowning policeman, mixed signals about marriage proposals and one of the oldest tricks in the book to spur a romance (“My friend says he likes you!”). Emma Vieceli does not try to solve these problems (she leaves that for Shakespeare) but presents the play by juxtaposing naturalistic figures with the occasional surreal backdrop, weird clothing with weirder mannerisms. Somehow it all works, managing not to detract from the play itself but giving it a modern overlay. Once more, the reader is aided by colored pictures in the front of the manga showing the various characters, their names and functions in the play. less

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