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Bees ¢ lial THE GRAPHIC NOVEL William Shakespeare ORIGINAL TEXT VERSION Script Adaptation: John McDonald Character Designs & Original Artwork: Will Volley Coloring: Jim Devlin Lettering: jim Campbell Design & Layout: Jo Wheeler & Jenny Placentino Associate Editor: Joe Sutliff Sanders Editor in Chief: Clive Bryant Romeo & Juliet: The Graphic Novel Original Text Version ‘Wiliam Shakespeare First published: December 2009 Reprinted: October 2010, October 201I, September 2013, June 2014 Published by: Classical Comics Ltd. Copyright ©2009 Classical Comics Ltd All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form o incorporated into any information retrieval system ‘without the written permission of Classical Comics Ltd. ‘Acknowledgments: Every effort has been made to trace copyright holders of ‘material reproduced In this book. Any rights not acknowledged here will be acknowledged in subsequent editions f notice Is given to Classical Comics Le. Images on page 161 reproduced with the kind permission of The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. All enquiries should be addressed to: ‘Classical Comics Ltd. PO Box 16310 Birmingham B30 9EL United Kingdom Info@classicalcomies.com vivnclassiceleomics.com ISBN: 9784-906332-61-7 Printed in the USA This book is printed by CG Book Printers using environmentally safe inks, on paper from responsible sources. This materlal can be disposed of by recycling, incineration for energy recovery, composting and biodegradation, The rights of John McDonald, Joe Sutlff Sanders, Will Volley, Jim Devlin and Jim Campbell to be Identified as the artists of thls work have been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 sections 77 and 78. Dramatis Persone Contents == - Romeo at Jullet Actl “Act “ Act | Prologue . 7 Actill Scene I. ne BO ‘Act | Scene |. 9 Actill Scene a Act | Scene It, 2D Act AM Scene MY oni a Act | Scene Il =) oe) = a? Act | Scene IV, Act | Scene V 2 Act Act Il Prologue Act Il Scene | 53 Act Il Scene I 54 Act Il Scene lll. 63 pen ney Act IV Scene V Act I Scene V Aa Act I Scene VI Act Scene | Act Scene I Act Scene Ill. William Shakespeare. Shakespeare Birthplace Trust History of the Pla Page Creation, Dramatis Persone \ 7 j £ Romeo ‘Son to Montague = or Bats = Chorus Lord Montague Lady Montague Introduces the first wo acts Head of the Montague house Wife to Montague of the play (a Veronese family), at feud with the Capulet family a Benvolio, Balthasar Abraham Nephew to Montague and friend Servant 10 Romeo Servant to Montague 10 Romeo and Mercutio ¥ Escalus Mercutio Paris Prince of Verona Kinsman to Escalus, Prince of A young nobleman, kinsman ¢o r Veronq, and friend to Romeo Escalus, Prince of Verona cand Benvolio. ¥ ) : Juliet Daughter to Capulet Lady Capulet Wife to Copulet { Lord Capulet Head of the Capulet house (4 Veronese family), at feud with the Moneague family } | Ci ) } AUSES Nurse. 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Records also tell at he died on the same date In 1616, aged fifty-two, The fife of Willam Shakespeare can be divided into three acts ‘Act One ~ Stratford-upon-Avon Willam was the eldest son of tradesman John Shakespeare and Mary Arden, and the thied of ight children (he had two older sisters) The Shakespeares were a respectable Family The year after Willam was born, John (who made sloves and traded leather) became an alderman of Stratford-upon- ‘Avon, and four years later he became High Baliff (or mayor) of the town, Little is known of William's childhood, He learned to read and write atthe local primary school, and later is belleved to have attended the local grammar school, where he studied Latin and English Literature. In 1582, aged eighteen, Wiliam married 2 local farmer's daughter, Anne Hathaway. Iwas eight years his senior and three months pregnant. Diiring their marrage they had three children: Susanna, born on May 26,1883, and twins, Hamnet and Judith, born on February 2, 1585, Hamnet (William's only son) died in 1596, aged eleven, from Bubonic Plague. ‘Act Two ~ London Five years into his marrage, in 1587, Willam’s wife and children stayed in Stratford, while he moved to London, He appeared as an actor at The Theatre (England's frst permanent theater) and gave public recitals of his own poems; but it was his playwriting that created the most interes. His fame soon spread far and wide. When Queen Elizabeth I died in 1603, the new King James I who was already King James VI of Scotland) Ve royal consent for Shakespeare's acting company, The Lord Chamberlain's Men to be called The King's Men in return for ‘entertaining the court. This association was to shape a number of plays such as Macbeth, ich was written to please the Scottish King, ‘William Shakespeare is attributed with writing and collaborating on 38 plays, 154 sonnets and 5 poems, in just twenty-three years between 1590 andl I613, No original manuscript exists for any of his plays, making it hard to accurately date any of them. Printing was stil in Its infancy, and plays tended to change as they were performed Shakespeare would write manuscript for the actors and continue to refine them over a number of performances. The plays we know today have survived from written copies taken at various stages of each play and usually written by the actors from memory. This fas elven rise to variations in texts of what Is now known as “quarto” versions of the plays; until we reach the Fist ro official printing of each play in the 1623 "folio" Me Willan Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, Tragedies. His last solo-authored work was The Tempest in Jl, which was only followed by collaborative work on two plays (Henry Vill and Two Noble Kinsmen} with John Fletcher. Shakespeare is strongly associated with the famous Globe Theatre Built by his troupe in 1599, it became his “spiritual home", with thousands of people crammed into. the small space for each performance. There were 3,000 people in the bulding in 1603 when a cannon-shot during a performance of Hemy Il set fire to the thatched roof and the entire theater was burned to the ground. Although it was rebuilt 3 year later It marked an end to Shakespeare's writing and to his time in London: ‘Act Three - Retirement Shortly after the 163 accident at The Globe, Shakespeare left the capital and returned to live once more with his familly In Stratford-upon-Avon, He died on April 23,1616 and was Epilogue ‘At the time of his death, Shakespeare had substantial properties, which he bestowed on his family and associates from the theater, He had no son to Inherit his wealth, and he left the malority of hls possessions to his eldest laughter Susanna, Cutioush the only thing that he left to his wife ‘Anne was his second-best bed! {although she continued to five in the family home after his death). buried two days later at the Church Willam Shakespeare's lst direct ‘of the Holy Trinity (the same church where he had been baptized fity- two years earlier). The cause of his death remains unknown. descendant died in 167 his granddaughter, Elza {iP hiro Ep pel Shakespeare Rirthplace rust Shakespeare’ if, itis 50 few relics survive From marine thatthe house where he was born and raised remains ntact. Its owned and cared for by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, which looks after 3 number of houses in the area + Shakespeare's Birthplace. + Mary Arden’s Farm: The childhood home of Shakespeare's mother of Shakespeare's wie ‘Anne Hathaway's Cottage: The childhood home + Halls Croft: The home of Shakespeare's eldest daughter, Susann. + New Place: Only the grounds exist of the house where Shakespeare lied in 1616. + Nash’s House: The home of Shakespeare's granddaughter. w.shakespeare.org.uk Formed in 1847, the Trust also works to promote Shakespeare around the world, In early 2009, it announced that it had found a new Shakespeare portrait, believed to have been painted within his lifetime, with 2 trail of provenance that links it to Shakespeare himself. tes accepted that Martin Droeshouts engraving (left that appears on the Fist Folio of 1623 is an authentic ienessof Shakespeare because the people involved ints publication would have personaly known him. This new portal (once owned by Henry Wriothesley 3rd Earl of Southa one of Shakespeare's most fyal supporters] isso simi In al fal aspecis that It Is now suspected to have been the source that Droed used for his famous engraving oe shakesperefound.org.uk — {s intrinsically linked with ‘Shakespeare, with the famous “balcony scene” providing some of “But, sof! What lgheehough yonder window breaks? ‘It isthe east, and Jule Is the sun!” (055) “0 Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art ‘thou Romeo?” (5) “What's in a name? That which we call rose By any other word would smell as see" 956) ~~ However, as with the vast majority Of his works, Shakespeare's play is an adaptation of a story that ty ec Tris play without a clear source}. frustrated love are as lization itself and can be in ancient myths. The first recognizable form of Romeo and Juliet appeared around 460 by Masuccio Salernitano. Init, Mariotto Mignanell and Gianozza Saraceni of Siena fall n love and are marred in secret by a friar Shortly afterwards, Marlotto quarrels; fights with and kills a noble citizen, Mariotto is banished from the town, and Gianozza Is forced into marriage by her father (who Is unaware of her marriage with Mariotto} The friar creates a Potion for Gianozza that makes her appear dead, and she Is taken 10 the family tomb. From there, the friar escorts her to husband, ito receives word of her death before she can reach him, Mariotto returns to Siena, where he is setzed and executed, Glanozza shuts herself away in a convent and soon dles from grief Salernitano’s story became the Inspiration for Luigi da Porto’s Giuletta e Romeo. Da Porto set the story in Verona, where he was inspired by the two castles just ‘outside the city, each owned by 2 diflrent family the Capuleti and the Montecchi, thus ‘i introducing the notion of the feuding families. The ending is . more tragic than Shakespeare's with Romeo killing himself by the side of Giulietta, but seeing her i revive in his final moments. 1 1554 an Kalan writer by the mame of Matteo Bandello } published his own version of Gidea Romeo. This story was ‘much more popular than is predecessors. Not only was it transhated into English but, importantly for Shakespeare it became the basis of 2 3,020dine poem by Arthur Brooke called The Tragcall History of Rome ed Jali {1862}, Brooke's poem fas al the tain characters albeit with some spelling diferences Romeus ‘Montagews Juliet Capit, Prince Escalus Tybalt Pars, Friar Lawrence Jules nurce [sc] and even Peter (although he iscitedas one of Romeus's men Although Shakespeare embelished the story (and of course added his beautiful language) the events can all be found in Brooke's poem — ‘even Friar John being unable to deliver the message to Romeus because of quarantine. It is possible that Shakespeare worked With other sources, too. He may have read the French translation of Bandello’s novel, as well as an English version of the story by Wiliam Painter called Palace of Pleasure. Yet it Is Brooke's poem that most closely matches the Barc’ great play as shown in the excerpt, opposite, in which Juliet discovers the name of her new Jove as the guests leave the . a ‘Fo fearne Of otome her hurt recetued so de _Ag ancient dame she calde to her ier gn x ener ne i wth ‘at yender da masking “His ume (somes ape a SMontegeee, aos athrs pte fs spree spf wick Goth our fowsoldes reve, ‘gre woord of Monege, er faye df uertirow “Ant sagen scade of pp bop spay pa 10 gFOWE. Cyt ap ave qth se, Toue my fathers for? wat an cL wery of my wel? oat, dc wise my w0e? Put ough er grcuous pays sri her tender fart, Erevan outward sew of foe she coke inward smart, Xp ofthe our dames fe fenue s court took ‘ghar none yd ese soda change by changing of Ker ook, Shakespeare contracted the nine It was written before the Globe months of events within the poem Theatre was built (1599), in the reign {nto just five days. While that adds of Elizabeth | {which ended in to the tension of the play in 1603}, while Shakespeare was writing performance; it is likely to have for The Lord Chamberlain's Men. been @ conscious and practical decision to tailor the story for ‘he Ford Chambertain’s Men the stage, as the passing of time | Until the i640s, the law prevented women and gitfs from acting. fs hard to capture in theater: AIL parts, even Juliet, were played by mates! ‘The ply appeared in print for "the fst time (the First Quart) | in 1597.The introduction of that Even though Shakespeare's pays were hugely popula, onty sparse edition tells us that it had already | been performed by the time it records exist of actual 1 | as published: = performances. The eaflest offical | An Excetecon of recording of a production of Romeo and lle ASI hath been Romeo and Jet oesn’t occur until ‘fen (nit geo opfowe) plaid as late as 1662,in a theater In i Honourable the Lincoln’ Inn Feld. 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