The conceptions of the real counselor Polonius in four comic adaptations of Hamlet

Abstract

Focusing on the figure of the royal counselor of the play Hamlet by Shakespeare, the study will present changes in versions of four Comics on reworking the character Polonius: the adaptation of Grant and Mandrake (1990), influenced by the school of Brandywine; the adaptation of the East Press Team (2013), a manga that demonstrates an attention on the distribution of the mute characters in scene to assert a consistent search for the Shakespearean text; the adaptation of Vieceli (2011), a manga that focuses on clothing to incorporate a technological-futuristic atmosphere, and the adaptation of Srbek and Shibao (2013), with a greater focus on bodily positions on the scene.