Comments on: Review: I, Iago, Nicole Galland

By: Katie @ Doing Dewey

Katie @ Doing Dewey — Sat, 03 Jun 2017 21:43:00 +0000

I’m also terrible about reading gifted books and and worse at picking up books people recommend! I think I’m a little too caught up on always reading review copies and book club books right now and I don’t do a lot of just picking up blacklist titles.

By: Aarti

Aarti — Thu, 25 May 2017 01:12:00 +0000

Ooh, this reminds me that I have not yet read your gift book to me! I shall do so. Soon. -Ish.

By: Alley

Alley — Tue, 23 May 2017 00:57:00 +0000

Love this, want this. Retelling of Othello? Yes, please! ALTHOUGH, I mean, Othello is already pretty much from Iago’s point of view, what with all his soliloquies to the audience. But whatever, I’m here for pretty much any Shakespeare retelling.

But really, my fav Shakespeare retelling is Christophe Moore’s Fool. It’s a retelling of King Lear and I’m like 85% sure you don’t actually need to know the play before hand. I’m not 100% cos I already knew the play so maybe there’s stuff that I didn’t realize I got cos I already knew the play. He has Serpent of Venice as well, which is sort of a cross between Othello and the Merchant of Venice, but Fool is the best.

By: Tasha B. (heidenkind)

Tasha B. (heidenkind) — Mon, 22 May 2017 03:39:00 +0000

Venice is the heartland of hella parties 😀 They aren’t adaptations, but Jennifer Lee Carrol’s mysteries are probably my favorite take on Shakespeare. The heroine is a Shakespearean scholar who left academia to direct plays at the Globe, and then she solves Shakespearean mysteries on the side.

By: A.M.B.

A.M.B. — Mon, 22 May 2017 02:11:00 +0000

It’s so neat that you and Jeanne know each other and give each other books! I, Iago
sounds interesting. I don’t know what my favorite Shakespeare retelling is. At the moment, I can’t think of any, though I know I’ve read several (they’re everywhere!).

By: litlove

litlove — Sun, 21 May 2017 15:45:00 +0000

How cool that you and Jeanne get to hang out together! And swap delightful books, too. I am woefully short on Shakespeare rewrites to offer, but I did just recently tell Jeanne that I think she’d love Girl Meets Boy by Ali Smith, which is a retelling of the myth of Iphis with fun gender games, and I think you’d love it too.

By: Kim Aippersbach

Kim Aippersbach — Fri, 19 May 2017 20:33:00 +0000

Exit, Pursued by a Bear, by E.K. Johnston. She takes A Winter’s Tale and runs with it.

I need to see more Shakespeare Retold.I love how fun it is to retell the plays in modern settings. I think novels aren’t the best medium to revisit Shakespeare in, because, frankly, his plots make no sense.

By: Sharon Tomasulo

Sharon Tomasulo — Fri, 19 May 2017 19:15:00 +0000

In reply to Jenny @ Reading the End. Oh, you can, you can! My only exposure to Lear before I read it was sitting through the discussions in the class for which I was SUPPOSED to read Lear but didn't. It is very loosely based. There are a couple of plot changes near the end that are very satisfying if you've always thought that Cordelia deserved better, but no preexisting knowledge is required! (Read it read it read it)

By: Jenny @ Reading the End

Jenny @ Reading the End — Fri, 19 May 2017 19:15:00 +0000

In reply to Jeanne. Yessssss, I love Stage Beauty! Billy Crudup is such an interesting and charismatic actor, and I'm perpetually sad that he's not in more stuff. He was wonderful in Stage Beauty.

By: Jenny @ Reading the End

Jenny @ Reading the End — Fri, 19 May 2017 19:15:00 +0000

In reply to Alice. YES THAT WAS GREAT. The one where James McAvoy is Chef Macbeth and Keeley Hawes was Lady Macbeth was so great, I know we have spoken about this before but I STILL FEEL GREAT ABOUT IT. I should actually like go back and watch it over again and see how it holds up a decade on.