Book REVIEW: Shakespeare's Macbeth: A Graphic Novel (Classics in Graphics) - ★★★★★
- Mix Up Theatre (Stewart)
- 7 days ago
- 2 min read
Shakespeare's Macbeth like you've never seen it - or read it - before!
Classics in Graphics: Macbeth has been adapted into a graphic novel by expert authors, Steve Skidmore and Steve Barlow, with illustrations by Jason Millet and Edu Rubio. The tragic downfall reads like your favourite action film - as Macbeth's desperation becomes more and more deadly.
Classics in Graphics is a series of graphic novels for children aged 10 plus that has inclusion at its heart, flinging wide the doors of literature for everyone to enter and understand. Including dyslexia-friendly design on every page, and encouraging readers to relate to these iconic roles - casting spells, falling in love and winning duels.
Each graphic novel includes pitch-perfect illustrations for presenting the tragic, the romantic, the comedic, the magical, as well as:
- snappy simplified text presenting Shakespeare's themes clearly
- introductory materials to help set the scene and context of each story
- heaps of extra material at the back to keep the learning and fun going, including an exploration of themes in the play, the language, Shakespeare's inspirations, the publication and performance of the play in history, a timeline of Shakespeare's life and works, and much more!
Plays available in the series include:
Macbeth
The Tempest
Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Much Ado About Nothing
MIX UP REVIEWS:
★★★★★
Stewart - ★★★★★
"An excellent adaptation of the classic Shakespeare play in graphic novel format. This will appeal to many, those looking for an introduction to the Scottish play and those who are already big fans - like me! The illustrations are fantastic as is all the extra information that comes at the end of the book. Highly recommended and look forward to reading the rest of the books in the series!"
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