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A01=William Shakespeare
A12=Jim Campbell
A12=Jim Devlin
A12=Will Volley
Age Group_Ages 12+
Age Group_Ages 12+
Author_William Shakespeare
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B01=Clive Bryant
B06=John N. McDonald
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Romeo & Juliet Graphic Novel Audio Collection

Mixed media product | English

By (author): William Shakespeare

Translated by: John N. McDonald

Illustrated by: Jim Campbell, Jim Devlin, Will Volley

This repackaged book and audio bundle edition of Romeo & Juliet features a soundtrack that has been especially dramatised for Classical Comics, bringing Shakespeare's most famous tragedy vividly to life. Surround yourself in the story as you listen and read along with the full professional cast recording, that includes sound effects and ambience to set the scene. The leading roles are played by two wonderful young actors: Juliet is played by Anne-Marie Piazza (Annette in the long running radio play The Archers) and Romeo is played by Tom Mison (Lost in Austen and many other West End productions). Juliet Stevenson plays the Nurse and Lady Montague, while Lord and Lady Capulet are played by John Sessions and Patricia Hodge. The full colour graphic novel features stunning artwork and coupled with the audio, it provides a wonderful sensory experience. See more
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A01=William ShakespeareA12=Jim CampbellA12=Jim DevlinA12=Will VolleyAge Group_Ages 12+Author_William Shakespeareautomatic-updateB01=Clive BryantB06=John N. McDonaldCategory1=FictionCategory1=Non-FictionCategory=DDSCategory=FXCOP=United KingdomDelivery_Delivery within 10-20 working daysFormat=WWFormat_OthersLanguage_EnglishPA=AvailablePrice_€50 to €100PS=ActiveSN=William Shakespearesoftlaunch
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Product Details
  • Format: Mixed media product
  • Dimensions: 168 x 246mm
  • Publication Date: 31 May 2011
  • Publisher: Classical Comics
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781907127182

About William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare is one of the most widely read authors and possibly the best dramatist ever to live. The actual date of his birth is not known but traditionally April 23rd 1564 (St George's Day) has been his accepted birthday as this was three days before his baptism. He died on the same date in 1616 aged fifty-two. The life of William Shakespeare can be divided into three acts. The first twenty years of his life were spent in Stratford-upon-Avon where he grew up went to school got married and became a father. The next twenty-five years he spent as an actor and playwright in London; and he spent his last few years back in Stratford-upon-Avon where he enjoyed his retirement in moderate wealth gained from his successful years in the theatre.William was the eldest son of tradesman John Shakespeare and Mary Arden and the third of eight children. His father was later elected mayor of Stratford which was the highest post a man in civic politics could attain. In sixteenth-century England William was lucky to survive into adulthood; syphilis scurvy smallpox tuberculosis typhus and dysentery shortened life expectancy at the time to approximately thirty-five years. The Bubonic Plague took the lives of many and was believed to have been the cause of death for three of William's seven siblings. Little is known of William's childhood other than it is thought that he attended the local grammar school where he studied Latin and English Literature. In 1582 at the age of eighteen William married a local farmer's daughter Anne Hathaway who was eight years his senior and three months pregnant. During their marriage they had three children: Susanna born on May 26th 1583 and twins Hamnet and Judith born on February 2nd 1585. Hamnet William's only son caught Bubonic Plague and died aged just eleven. Five years into his marriage William moved to London and appeared in many small parts at The Globe Theatre then one of the biggest theatres in England. His first appearance in public as a poet was in 1593 with Venus and Adonis and again in the following year with The Rape of Lucrece . Six years later in 1599 he became joint proprietor of The Globe Theatre.When Queen Elizabeth died in 1603 she was succeeded by her cousin King James of Scotland. King James supported Shakespeare and his band of actors and gave them license to call themselves The King's Men in return for entertaining the court. In just twenty-three years between 1590 and 1613 William Shakespeare is attributed with writing thirty-eight plays one-hundred-and-fifty-four sonnets and five poems. No original manuscript exists for any of his plays so it is hard to accurately date them. However from their contents and reports of the day it is believed that his first play was The Taming of the Shrew and that his last complete work was Two Noble Kinsmen written two years before he died. The cause of his death remains unknown. He was buried on April 25th 1616two days after his death at the Church of the Holy Trinity (the same Church where he had been baptised fifty-two years earlier). His gravestone bears these words believed to have been written by William himself:- Good friend for Jesus sake forbear To dig the dust enclosed here! Blest be the man that spares these stonesAnd curst be he that moves my bones At the time of his death William had substantial properties which he bestowed on his family and associates from the theatre. In his will he left his wife the former Anne Hathaway his second best bed! William Shakespeare's last direct descendant died in 1670. She was his granddaughter Elizabeth.

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