A Midsummer Night's Dream The Graphic Novel: Original Text (Shakespeare Range)
The proliferation of graphic-novel Shakespeare adaptations continues. Cardy and Nicholson’s artwork gives the characters a nicely expressive range; the color palette is bold, luminescent, and mood evoking; and the well-designed panel flow presents an engaging version of the classic comedy. The volume is clearly intended for classroom use, and it is one of three versions: original text (presenting the play in its entirety), plain text (which uses contemporary language), and quick text (a heavily abridged adaptation). The back matter discusses how to convert a play into comics format, offers a short biography of Shakespeare, and touches on the Globe Theatre. Grades 7-12. --Francisca Goldsmith