Hogarth Shakespeare
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| Publisher | Hogarth Press (Penguin Random House) |
| Published | 2015-2018 |
| Website | www |
The Hogarth Shakespeare project was an effort by Hogarth Press to retell works by William Shakespeare for a more modern audience and mark the four-hundredth anniversary of Shakespeare's death.[1][2] To do this, Hogarth commissioned well-known writers to select and re-imagine the plays.[3]
Novels
There have been seven books in this series:
- The Gap of Time by Jeanette Winterson – a retelling of The Winter's Tale[4]
- Shylock is My Name by Howard Jacobson – an interpretation of The Merchant of Venice[5]
- Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler – a retelling of The Taming of the Shrew[6]
- Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood – a re-imagining of The Tempest[7]
- Macbeth by Jo Nesbø – a retelling of Macbeth[8]
- Dunbar by Edward St Aubyn – a retelling of King Lear[9]
- New Boy by Tracy Chevalier – a re-imagining of Othello[10]
Additionally, as far back as 2014, Gillian Flynn was supposed to be working on a re-telling of Hamlet,[11] eventually due for release in 2021,[12] but there is no longer a mention of this on the website of the publisher.
Development history
In June 2013, Random House announced the Hogarth Shakespeare series, where well-known novelists were to re-tell a selection of Shakespeare's plays.[13] Hogarth Press (Random House's transatlantic fiction imprint)[2] intended to release the series in 2016 to coincide with the four-hundredth anniversary of Shakespeare's death.[1][2]
In June 2013, Jeanette Winterson's The Winter's Tale adaptation and Anne Tyler's The Taming of the Shrew adaptation were announced.[2][14] Later that year, it was announced that Margaret Atwood and Howard Jacobson would join the series with The Tempest and The Merchant of Venice adaptations respectively.[13] In 2014, it was announced that Jo Nesbø would adapt Macbeth, Edward St Aubyn would adapt King Lear, Tracy Chevalier would adapt Othello, and Gillian Flynn would adapt Hamlet,[15][16] although this last title has not been published.
The Hogarth Shakespeare series intended to reimagine the entire canon, but no other adaptations have been announced.[14] Sometime before March 2021, the official URL for the series (hogarthshakespeare.com) began to link to a site for an online magazine specialising in anime and manga, called Anime Shakespeare, which, together with the lack of an announcement for a new title in over two years, seems to imply that the project has been quietly shut down by Hogarth/Penguin.
Awards and nominations
Winterson's The Gap of Time was a finalist for the 2016 Lambda Literary Awards in the Bisexual Fiction category.[17][18]
In 2017, Atwood's Hag-Seed was long-listed for the Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction.[19][20]
Nesbø's Macbeth was shortlisted for the 2019 British Book Awards in the Crime and Thriller category.[21][22] In the same year, it was also shortlisted for the Public Book Awards in Greece for Best Translated Novel, and for the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers' Award for Best Translated Crime Novel.[23]
References
- ^ a b Gopnik, Adam (17 October 2016). "Why Rewrite Shakespeare?". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
- ^ a b c d "Authors to reimagine Shakespeare plays for 21st Century". BBC News. 2013-06-27. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
- ^ Alter, Alexandra (5 October 2015). "Novelists Reimagine and Update Shakespeare's Plays". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "The Gap of Time". hogarthshakespeare.com. Archived from the original on 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
- ^ "Shylock Is My Name". hogarthshakespeare.com. 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Vinegar Girl". hogarthshakespeare.com. Archived from the original on 2018-05-21. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
- ^ "Hag-Seed". hogarthshakespeare.com. 2 June 2022.
- ^ "Macbeth". hogarthshakespeare.com. Archived from the original on 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
- ^ "Dunbar". hogarthshakespeare.com.
- ^ "New Boy". hogarthshakespeare.com.
- ^ "Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn takes on Hamlet". BBC News. 28 May 2014.
- ^ "Everything We Know About Gillian Flynn's Next Book". Bookhub.com.
- ^ a b Bury, Liz (9 September 2013). "Shakespeare retold: Margaret Atwood and Howard Jacobson join new series". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ a b Flood, Alison (26 July 2013). "Shakespeare's canon to be reworked by authors including Jeanette Winterson and Anne Tyler". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ Stock, Jon (14 January 2014). "Jo Nesbo to retell Macbeth". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ Gibson, Megan (30 May 2014). ""Gone Girl" writer Gillian Flynn will reimagine "Hamlet"". Time. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ "28th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists and Winners". Lambda Literary. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ "Finalists for the 28th Annual Lambda Literary Awards Announced". bookstr.com. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ "Atwood among Women's Prize nominees". BBC News. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ "Canadian authors make long list for Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction | The Star". thestar.com. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ Chandler, Mark (22 March 2019). "The British Book Awards' Books of the Year shortlists revealed". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ "Jo Nesbø is shortlisted for the 2019 British Book Awards in the category Crime & Thriller for "Macbeth", translated by Don Bartlett". NORLA. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
- ^ "Macbeth". Salomonsson Agency. Retrieved 2020-02-23.