Having exchanged emails with Emily, my agent who I still have yet to meet face to face, her impression of Twelfth Thing was that it deviates a bit from the Richard The Third style of adaptation. So, as well as showing that to potential publishers, I ought to work up a few pages of something else more like my initial book.
So, this week, I started work on King Lear. I started by rewatching the Anthony Hopkins BBC version, then on Friday morning (Jan 26) I started adapting. By early afternoon I had Act 1 Scene 1 written, with some twists and takes that I'm satisfyingly proud of. And my teatime I'd laid out the first 8 pages. I have next week to draw as much as I can, then we'll be coming up to the Illustrators Showcase in London on Feb , which is where I should meet Emily and we should show off my new work for the first time.
We should, then, be looking at: Richard The Third, revised and expanded; Midsummer Nights Dream, first 52 pages; Twelfth Thing, first 59 pages; and King Lear, however much I can do in the next week.
Tues 30 Jan: Pages 8 - 14 complete
to be continued
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