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Shakespeare's Hamlet: A Graphic Novel
Shakespeare's Hamlet like you've never seen it - or read it - before!
Classics in Hamlet has been adapted into a graphic novel by expert authors, Steve Skidmore and Steve Barlow, with illustrations by Alessandro Valdrighi and Edu Rubio. The tragic mayhem swirls on the page - as Hamlet's life crumbles around him.
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
- 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
Macbeth
The Tempest
Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Much Ado About Nothing
Praise for the Classics in Graphics
"Excellent production and binding, quality paper, and with fantastic writing and illustrations - an encouraging entry point to Shakespeare for my kids, and ease of dive-in for my own flighting or cursory storytelling engagement/whimsy [...] an excellent job converting challenging language and literary themes to make it very inclusive, smoothing ease of understanding dialogue, plot, and narration without dumbing it down. Each book has a wonderful appendix including notes on Shakespeare, relevant maps and themes (i.e. for example in Hamlet it goes deeper into its themes of Revenge, Madness & Mortality), and a glossary. For a graphic novel adaptation, I think these books are delightful. [...] They are wonderful and have quickly broken down the wall of "fear of Shakespeare" in my house as they are so easy to read and engage. And they have a really nice tactile production value, heft, and readability that makes broaching these often deemed difficult works, FUN. And of course, they are nice to look at." - EricWilliamson, www.leagueofcomicgeeks.com
Classics in Hamlet has been adapted into a graphic novel by expert authors, Steve Skidmore and Steve Barlow, with illustrations by Alessandro Valdrighi and Edu Rubio. The tragic mayhem swirls on the page - as Hamlet's life crumbles around him.
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
- 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
Macbeth
The Tempest
Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Much Ado About Nothing
Praise for the Classics in Graphics
"Excellent production and binding, quality paper, and with fantastic writing and illustrations - an encouraging entry point to Shakespeare for my kids, and ease of dive-in for my own flighting or cursory storytelling engagement/whimsy [...] an excellent job converting challenging language and literary themes to make it very inclusive, smoothing ease of understanding dialogue, plot, and narration without dumbing it down. Each book has a wonderful appendix including notes on Shakespeare, relevant maps and themes (i.e. for example in Hamlet it goes deeper into its themes of Revenge, Madness & Mortality), and a glossary. For a graphic novel adaptation, I think these books are delightful. [...] They are wonderful and have quickly broken down the wall of "fear of Shakespeare" in my house as they are so easy to read and engage. And they have a really nice tactile production value, heft, and readability that makes broaching these often deemed difficult works, FUN. And of course, they are nice to look at." - EricWilliamson, www.leagueofcomicgeeks.com
- GenresGraphic Novels
113 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 27, 2022
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About the author
Steve Barlow
273 books15 followersSteve Barlow (real name Steven Lowe) was born in Britain. He studied at Warwick University and Nottingham University, and worked at various times as a teacher, actor, stage manager and puppeteer. Then he went to teach in Botswana. On his return to the UK he met Steve Skidmore, collectively known as The Two Steves—are British collaborative writers who mostly work in the field of children's literature. They have written over 70 books together.
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November 3, 2025
Algjör Life-saver!
Þarftu að lesa Hamlet á einu kvöldi og hefur ekki orkuna í heilt leikrit?
Hér er lausnin!
Yfirhöfuð var þetta ágæt leið til að upplifa Hamlet.
Textinn er einfaldaður dálítið og það er eflaust hoppað yfir suma hluti en þú færð sögu Hamlet í grófum dráttum með myndum til aukinnar aðstoðar að tengja við karaktera og þekkja alla í sundur.
Bókin er teiknuð ágætlega ef ekki smá einfaldlega en allt kemst til skila sem er aðal atriðið.
Leturgerðin var ljót! Það leit út eins og eitthvað default, drasl text box með ljótasta letur ever! Það hefði farið langa leið að bæta við söguna ef letrið væri í meiri samræmi við teikningarnar og anda Shakespeare textans. Letrið og listin clash-a algjörlega!
Bókin fór síðan yfir þemur sögunar og gaf litlar sögulegar staðreyndir sem var skemmtilegt!
Ég hef það á tilfinningunni að þessi bók var ætluð yngri lesendum en það hentar líka eldri, heimskum lesendum eins og mér!
3,5☆
Ef þig vantar að lesa Hamlet á klukkustund þá er þetta bók fyrir þig! Mig hlakkar til að sjá leikritið!
Þarftu að lesa Hamlet á einu kvöldi og hefur ekki orkuna í heilt leikrit?
Hér er lausnin!
Yfirhöfuð var þetta ágæt leið til að upplifa Hamlet.
Textinn er einfaldaður dálítið og það er eflaust hoppað yfir suma hluti en þú færð sögu Hamlet í grófum dráttum með myndum til aukinnar aðstoðar að tengja við karaktera og þekkja alla í sundur.
Bókin er teiknuð ágætlega ef ekki smá einfaldlega en allt kemst til skila sem er aðal atriðið.
Leturgerðin var ljót! Það leit út eins og eitthvað default, drasl text box með ljótasta letur ever! Það hefði farið langa leið að bæta við söguna ef letrið væri í meiri samræmi við teikningarnar og anda Shakespeare textans. Letrið og listin clash-a algjörlega!
Bókin fór síðan yfir þemur sögunar og gaf litlar sögulegar staðreyndir sem var skemmtilegt!
Ég hef það á tilfinningunni að þessi bók var ætluð yngri lesendum en það hentar líka eldri, heimskum lesendum eins og mér!
3,5☆
Ef þig vantar að lesa Hamlet á klukkustund þá er þetta bók fyrir þig! Mig hlakkar til að sjá leikritið!
November 3, 2024
I was hesitant about buying this, but it is superb
I was looking for a summary of Hamlet, thought this might be interesting but was cautious about the format.
I thought this graphic novel was brilliant. The graphics are well done and help you keep track of who’s who. The dialogue is neatly summarised in the speech bubbles, making it work as a summary or as a standalone work.
The experience was best on an iPad, OK on a phone if you’re adept at scrolling and zooming, less good on a paper white because of the monochrome display and lack of ability to zoom and scroll graphics effectively
I was looking for a summary of Hamlet, thought this might be interesting but was cautious about the format.
I thought this graphic novel was brilliant. The graphics are well done and help you keep track of who’s who. The dialogue is neatly summarised in the speech bubbles, making it work as a summary or as a standalone work.
The experience was best on an iPad, OK on a phone if you’re adept at scrolling and zooming, less good on a paper white because of the monochrome display and lack of ability to zoom and scroll graphics effectively
February 8, 2024
“Snappy simplified text” in this graphic novel really loses the magic.
December 13, 2025
nice reminder how hamlet happens! quick and easy Novel, nicely done
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