A Midsummer Night's Dream (Manga Shakespeare)

Illustrated by leading UK Manga artists, The Manga Shakespeare Collection keys in on the growing popularity of manga worldwide, and presents Shakespeare's classic works in a highly visual and dynamic form. “The course of true love never did run smooth”. This romantic comedy is set in an enchanted moonlit forest inhabited by meddlesome fairies, four young Athenian lovers and a troupe of amateur actors. Shakespeare’s enduring characters are set adrift in present day Athensbut a present with a massive difference-an alternative history. Rigid class systems and ‘god given’ monarchies of the past have not been lost. Modern technologies meet ancient tradition; and the citizens of Athens are frustrated by continuing restrictions and hierarchies. Only the forest, home to fairies and fey spirits can offer the illicit lovers what they seek.