Hogarth Shakespeare

Author:
Winterson, Jeanette, 1959
Atwood, Margaret, 1939
Jacobson, Howard
Tyler, Anne
St. Aubyn, Edward, 1960
Chevalier, Tracy
Nesbø, Jo, 1960
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1. The gap of time: the Winter's tale retold

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Winterson, Jeanette, 1959-
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A modern retelling of Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" moves from London after the 2008 financial crisis to the storm-ravaged American city of New Bohemia, in a story of the destructive effect of jealousy and the redemptive power of love.

2. Hag-seed: The tempest retold

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Atwood, Margaret, 1939-
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Felix is at the top of his game as artistic director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival. His productions have amazed and confounded. Now he's staging a Tempest like no other: not only will it boost his reputation, it will heal emotional wounds. Or that was the plan. Instead, after an act of unforeseen treachery, Felix is living in exile in a backwoods hovel, haunted by memories of his beloved lost daughter, Miranda. And brewing revenge. After 12 years...

3. Shylock is my name

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Jacobson, Howard
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4. Vinegar girl: The taming of the shrew retold

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Tyler, Anne
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Anne Tyler's retelling of the Shakespeare play "The taming of the shrew."

5. Dunbar

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St. Aubyn, Edward, 1960-
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6. New boy

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Chevalier, Tracy
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Starting his fifth school in five years, Osei Kokote, a diplomat's son, hoping to survive his first day becomes friends with Dee, the most popular girl in school, but Ian is determined to destroy the budding friendship.

7. Macbeth

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Nesbø, Jo, 1960-
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Set in the 1970s in a run-down, industrial town, a police force struggles to shed an incessant drug problem. Duncan, the chief of police, is idealistic and visionary, a dream to the townspeople, but a nightmare for criminals. The drug trade is ruled by two drug lords, one of whom, a master of manipulation named Hecate, has connections with the highest in power, and plans to use them to get his way.