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Article: Manga Shakespeare; Julius Caesar.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
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- November 1, 2008
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Manga Shakespeare; Julius Caesar. Text adaptation by Richard Appignanesi. Art by Mustashrik. Abrams, Amulet. 208p. illus, c2008. 978-0-8109-7072-4. $9.95. JSA
Manga Shakespeare: Julius Caesar tells the story of the Roman military and political leader's assassination. Brutus is Caesar's friend, but plots his death because he is afraid that he will abolish the Senate and crown himself king. The conspirators lure Caesar to the Senate and stab him 33 times on the Ides of March. Alas, Brutus's nobility is his downfall: he lets Mark Antony--a Caesar loyalist--live and even allows him to speak at the funeral. Antony enflames the crowd to riot and seizes control of Rome; ...