Shakespeare Redux

With a new portrait of Shakespeare announced this month, check out these modern versions of some of the Bard's masterpieces.  For a new take on Hamlet, try Dead Father's Club by Matt Haig, Oprah's Book Club selection The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, or Updike's Gertrude and Claudius.  Christopher Moore's latest, Fool, is a re-worked King Lear and Terry Pratchett's Lords and Ladies will remind you of A Midsummer Night's Dream.  And for the classic love story of Romeo and Juliet, try The Flamingo Rising by Larry Baker or Julie & Romeo by Jeanne Ray.