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As school terms start, I suppose it’s only natural that Shakespeare and the methods of teaching his works to the youth of today are bound to come back under the spotlight.

Happily, the first analysis of the recent surge of Comic-book Shakespeare (including SelfMadeHero’s Manga Shakespeare) to hit the nationals that I’ve seen is this positive article of Roger Lewis, found in the Sunday Express. ^_^

He discusses some of the pros and cons to the medium, but overall agrees that this is an approach designed to spark some enthusiasm for the Bard in teachers as well as pupils in schools. Unfortunately the small segment on Manga Shakespeare confuses things a little, stating that my Hamlet is set in modern day Japan along with Sonia’s Romeo + Juliet, and - alas - neither book features Samurai as such…but still - a wonderfully positive article that I hope will encourage both teachers and pupils too look forward to, rather than to dread, their Shakespeare studies this term!

Click Laurence for the full story. ^_^