Steve Barlow, Steve Skidmore

Classics in Graphics: Shakespeare's Twelfth Night

A Graphic Novel. Sprachen: Englisch. 24,4 cm / 17,2 cm / 1,2 cm ( B/H/T )
Buch (Softcover), 112 Seiten
EAN 9781445190228
Veröffentlicht November 2026
Verlag/Hersteller Hachette Children's Group
15,50 inkl. MwSt.
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Beschreibung

Shakespeare's Twelfth Night like you've never seen it - or read it - before! Classics in Graphics: Twelfth Night has been adapted into a graphic novel by expert authors, Steve Skidmore and Steve Barlow, with illustrations by Wendy Tan Shiau Wei. Experience the famous (and famously confusing) love triangle, presented with all the flair of your favourite rom-com. Classics in Graphics is a series of graphic novels for readers aged 10 plus that has inclusion at its heart, flinging wide the doors of literature for all to enter and understand. Including dyslexia-friendly design and encouraging readers to relate to iconic roles. Each graphic novel includes: snappy simplified text presenting themes clearly / introductory materials to help set the scene / extra material at the back, including an exploration of themes, language, inspirations, publication through history, a timeline and much more! Classics in Graphics titles: Macbeth, The Tempest, Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, Twelfth Night, King Lear, The Merchant of Venice, Dracula, Frankenstein, The Hound of the Baskervilles, A Christmas Carol Praise for Classics in Graphics: "[...] an encouraging entry point to Shakespeare for my kids, and [...] an excellent job converting challenging language and literary themes to make it very inclusive, smoothing ease of understanding dialogue, plot, and narration without dumbing it down." - EricWilliamson, leagueofcomicgeeks.com

Portrait

As 50% of the 2Steves, Steve Barlow has written over 250 books with Steve Skidmore since they first appeared in 1988. Born in Crewe, he was educated at Crewe Grammar School, Warwick University and Nottingham University before a varied career in teaching, acting, stage management and puppetry. He worked in a village school in Botswana for four years before returning to the UK. The Two Steves have toured extensively in the UK and overseas, and to book festivals including Edinburgh and Hay.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: William Shakespeare: The Man, the Actor, the Author- 2: Twelfth Night - The Play- 3: Twelfth Night- - 1: List of Main Characters: Dramatis Personae- 2: Act One - 3: Act Two - 4: Act Three- 5: Act Four- 6: Act Five - 4: The Plot of Twelfth Night- 5: The Sources of Twelfth Night- 6: Gender Politics in Twelfth Night- 7: Shakespeare's Language- 8: Fun Facts- 9: Publication- 10: Performing the Play!- 11: The Theatre- 12: Glossary- 13: Shakespeare Timeline

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