Prince of Cats
by:
Ron Wimberly (author)
A hip-hop retelling of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet that focuses on Tybalt (derisively referred to as "the Prince of Cats") and his Capulet crew as they do battle nightly with the hated Montagues. Set in a Blade Runner-esque version of Brooklyn, PRINCE OF CATS is a mix of urban...
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A hip-hop retelling of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet that focuses on Tybalt (derisively referred to as "the Prince of Cats") and his Capulet crew as they do battle nightly with the hated Montagues. Set in a Blade Runner-esque version of Brooklyn, PRINCE OF CATS is a mix of urban melodrama, samurai action and classic Shakespearean theater...all written in Iambic Pentameter!
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781401220686 (1401220681)
Publish date: September 11th 2012
Publisher: Vertigo
Pages no: 144
Edition language: English
Not for me, this one. A hiphop version of Romeo and Juliet with very cartoony and colourful artwork. I gave up on this about a quarter way through as I wasn't enjoying it. For the lovers of hiphop perhaps
Not for me, this one. A hiphop version of Romeo and Juliet with very cartoony and colourful artwork. I gave up on this about a quarter way through as I wasn't enjoying it. For the lovers of hiphop perhaps
I never actually got around to finishing it.Library copy
Pretty much everyone knows Romeo and Juliet. But what if the story were to change eras? And settings? And move what part of the story we were seeing?The lives of the youth in Verona are cheap, and a combat ranking is one of the best and easiest ways for them to make their mark. But how can people wh...
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