Shakespeare's Romeo - Juliet - The Manga Edition

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Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet - The Manga Edition explores how William Shakespeare’s plays remain timeless through translation, global performance, and creative reinterpretation. It highlights adaptability across gender and age in casting, and examines film and stage approaches, including modern, faithful screen adaptations. The text also describes the transformation of Shakespeare into music, opera, and ballet, showing how different artistic media carry enduring themes.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages193

Reading Time4 h 57 min

AccessFree to download

Suiting the Action to the Word: Shakespeare and Manga

Act I

Act II

Act III

Act IV

Act V

Shakespeare’s ROME0&财ETTHE MANGA EDITIONAdaD Sexton·Yali Lin # THE MANGA EDITION # Shakespeare's0ME0& THE MANGA EDITION Adam Sexton ·Yali Lin WILEYWiley Publishing,Inc. Copyright ◎2008 by Adam Sexton,and Yali Lin.All rights reserved. Published by Wiley Publishing,Inc.,Hoboken,New Jersey No part of this publication may be reproduced,stored in a retrieval system or transmitted inany form or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,scanning orotherwse,except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976United StatesCopyright Act,without either the prior written permission of the Publisher,or authorizationthrough payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center,222Rosewood Drive,Danvers,MA01923,(978)750-8400,fax(978)646-8600,or on the webat www.copyright.com.Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to theLegal Department,Wiley Publishing,Inc,10475 Crosspoint Blvd.,Indianapolis,IN46256,(317)572-3447,fax(317)572-4355,or online at http://wwwwiley.com/go/permissions. Wiley,the Wiley Publishing logo,and related trademarks and trade dress are trademarksor registered trademarks of John Wiley &Sons,Inc.and/or its affiliates.All other trade-marks are the property of their respective owners.Wiley Publishing,Inc.is not associatedwith any product or vendor mentioned in this book. The publisher and the author make no representations or warranties with respect to theaccuracy or completeness of the contents of this work and specifically disclaim all war-ranties,including without limitation warranties of fitness for a particular purpose.No war-ranty may be created or extended by sales or promotional materials.The advice andstrategies contained herein may not be suitable for every situation.This work is sold withthe understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering legal,accounting,or otherprofessional services.If professional assistance is required,the services of a competent po-fessional person should be sought.Neither the publisher nor the author shall be liable fordamages arising here from.The fact that an organization or Website is referred to in thiswork as a citation and/or a potential source of further information does not mean that theauthor or the publisher endorses the information the organization or Website may provideor recommendations it may make.Further,readers should be aware that Internet Websiteslisted in this work may have changed or disappeared between when this work was writtenand when it is read. For general information on our other products and services or to obtain technical supportplease contact our Customer Care Department within the U.S.at(800)762-2974,outsidethe U.S.at(317)572-3993 or fax(317)572-4002. Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats.Some content that appearsin print may not be available in electronic books.For more information about Wiley prod-ucts,please visit ourweb site at www.wiley.com. Library of Congress Control Number:2007940644 ISBN:978-0-470-09758-8 Printed in the United States of America 10987654321 Book design by Elizabeth BrooksBook production by Wiley Publishing,Inc.Composition Services # COMTENTS Suiting the Action to the Word:Shakespeare and Manga Act I Act Il Act III Act IV Act V 41 71 113 139 Adam Sexton is author of Master Class in Fiction Writing and edi-tor of the anthologies Love Stories,Rap on Rap,and DesperatelySeeking Madonna.He has written on art and entertainment forThe New York Times and The Village Voice,and he teaches fictionwriting and literature at New York University and critical read-ing and writing at Parsons School of Design.A graduate ofColumbia University and the University of Pennsylvania,helives in Brooklyn with his wife and son. Yali Lin works in an animal shelter by day and draws comicsby night.She lives in New York City with her roommate,twocats,and two rabbits.This is her first published work and youcan e-mai

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