Manga Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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Author: Richard Appignanesi

Shakespeare’s enduring characters are set adrift in present-day Athens – but a present with a massive difference – an alternative history. Rigid class systems and ‘god given’ monarchies of the past have not been lost, and the citizens of Athens are frustrated by continuing restrictions and hierarchies…..Read More

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