Jamakespeare

Containing reimaginings of Shakespeares's soliloquys and monologues that incorporate Jamaican Patois, Jamakespeare is an inventive and engrossing take on the Bard's classic works. Ideal for young readers, Jamakespeare makes Shakespeare fresh and new and is a compelling take on canonical texts.

About the author

Brenda Garrick is an actor who loves to write. She took inspiration from The Posse (a Black male theatre company), Shakespeare and her love of Jamaican patties to create her first poem And Is Dis A Pattie? It took a local writers' group to suggest that Brenda write more poems in this style that a further 21 and counting joined the first. Her #Twentyin2020 poetry collection is a series of monologues inspired by William Shakespeare soliloquy/monologues, with a Patois Caribbean twist.

Summary

A reimagining of Shakespeare with a Caribbean twist!

Garrick takes Shakespeares's soliloquys and monologues and incorporates Jamaican Patois to make them relevant for a new age and audience. Inventive and engrossing, this collection is imperative and complimentary when teaching the canon.

Foreword

Containing reimaginings of Shakespeares's soliloquys and monologues that incorporate Jamaican Patois, Jamakespeare is an inventive and engrossing take on the Bard's classic works. Ideal for young readers, Jamakespeare makes Shakespeare fresh and new and is a compelling take on canonical texts.

Product details

• Authors: Brenda Garrick
• Publisher: Jacaranda Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 9
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2020
• EAN: 9781913090166
• ISBN: 978-1-913090-16-6
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 134 mm x 214 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Stephanie Plum; Twenty in 2020; Twenty in 2020 Twenty in 2020
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Story books, fairytales, sagas, rhymes, songs; Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Poetry / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Poetry (see also Stories in Verse), FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Poetry / Humorous, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Poetry, Poetry by individual poets, Children's / Teenage poetry, anthologies, annuals