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322) Richard III
Series
Pub. Date
2004.
Description
Begins by recapitulating the final scene of Henry IV, Part III with Edward IV being crowned king. In the background of the celebration, Richard jealously views the proceedings. Soon afterwards, Edward IV is murdered, drowned in a vat of wine. Richard becomes king and, after proceeding with a succession of intrigues and duplicities, he finds his kingdom in dire peril, set upon by Henry Tudor and mustering a final defense for his realm at the Battle...
323) Coriolanus
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Caius Martius 'Coriolanus' is a feared and revered Roman general, suddenly pitted against his own city and fellow citizens. Rebelling against the power-hungry designs of his manipulative mother and rejected by his own people, Coriolanus incites a riot that expels him from Rome. The banished hero joins forces with his sworn enemy Tullus Aufidius to extract his revenge and determine his destiny.
324) Romeo and Juliet
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007.
Description
In graphic novel format, presents an adaptation of Shakespeare's classic tale about two star-crossed lovers.
325) Gnomeo & Juliet
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Caught up in a feud between neighbors, Gnomeo and Juliet must overcome as many obstacles as their namesakes. But with flamboyant pink flamingoes and epic lawnmower races, can this young couple find lasting happiness?
327) Macbeth
Author
Series
Description
In this manga adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy, "a brave Scottish general named Macbeth receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders King Duncan and takes the Scottish throne for himself. He is then wracked with guilt and paranoia"--Publisher marketing.
328) Julius Caesar
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
One of the best movie adaptations of the classic Shakespeare play, chronicling the events around the assassination of Julius Caesar.
329) Hamlet
Series
Pub. Date
2000
Description
Hamlet is Shakespeare's towering tragedy of the Danish prince who feigns madness to trap his father's murderer. Sir Laurence Olivier stars as the melancholy Dane and also directed this award-winning film version of the play.
331) King Lear
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
Shakespeare's tragedy of a royal father and his daughters is presented scene by scene in comic book format.
Pub. Date
2011, p1951
Description
Brando plays Stanley Kowalski to Vivien Leigh's Blanche Du Bois in a study of contrasting characters and value systems--new versus old: modern culture vs. the old South; Caesar returns from a triumphant battle to Rome only to fall into the assassination plot set by Brutus, Cassius, and Casca; a comedy about an interpreter sent to Japan after World War II; Southern Gothic based on an army base in Georgia about a sexually repressed army officer whose...
333) Othello
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Richard Price presents the special stage-to-screen studio production of the Royal Shakespeare Company's presentation of Othello by William Shakespeare, directed by Trevor Nunn.
335) Macbeth
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Description
A graphic adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in which Macbeth and his ambitious wife plot to kill their king and his heirs so that Macbeth may seize the crown of Scotland for himself.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Description
"Strange things are afoot in the woods outside Athens. Two men are in love with the same woman, the King and Queen of Fairies are at loggerheads, and a mischievous sprite is about to wreak havoc with a magic flower. Meanwhile, an impish fellow named Puck has really made an ass out of an amateur actor called Bottom. How will it all end?"--
339) As You Like It
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Description
A graphic novel adaptation of the Shakespearean play "As you like it" in which Rosalind, banished to the Forest of Arden and disguised as a boy, reunites with her true love, Orlando.
340) Romeo & Juliet
Author
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
Presents in graphic novel format an adaptation of Shakespeare's play of the tragic consequences of a deadly feud between two rival families in Renaissance Verona.
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