| Tamara Drewe | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Posy Simmonds |
| Website | http://books.guardian.co.uk/tamaradrewe |
| Launch date | 24 September 2005 |
| End date | 20 October 2007 |
| Publisher(s) | The Guardian |
Tamara Drewe is a weekly comic strip serial by Posy Simmonds published in The Guardian's Review section. The strip is based upon a modern reworking of Thomas Hardy's nineteenth century novel Far from the Madding Crowd.
The story was adapted into a feature film starring Gemma Arterton.
Publication history[]
The strip made its first appearance in The Guardian on 17 September 2005, in the first Berliner-sized Saturday edition.
Collected editions[]
The complete work was published as a single volume with hardcover (Jonathan Cape, November 2007, ISBN 0-224-07816-X) and softcover editions (Mariner Books, October 2008, ISBN 0-547-15412-7; Jonathan Cape, September 2009, ISBN 0-224-07817-8). It has also been translated into French (Editions Denoël, October 2008, ISBN 2-207-26043-7), German (Reprodukt, January 2010, ISBN 978-3-941099-31-9) and Swedish (Wibom books, October 2011, ISBN 978-91-978213-4-6).
Awards[]
Tamara Drewe won the 2009 Prix de la critique.[1]
Film adaptation[]
- Main article: Tamara Drewe (film)
The comic has been adapted into a feature film starring Gemma Arterton and Dominic Cooper and directed by Stephen Frears. Momentum Pictures released the film in the UK on 10 September 2010.[2] The film premièred at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2010[3]
References[]
- ↑ Grands Prix de la Critique > 2000-2009, ACBD
- ↑ Bamigboye, Baz (July 17, 2009). "Gemma Arterton is wanted by The Queen director to get crowd Madding in sexy new role". Daily Mail (Associated Newspapers). http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1200208/BAZ-BAMIGBOYE-Gemma-Arterton-wanted-The-Queen-director-crowd-Madding-sexy-new-role.html.
- ↑ Charlotte Higgins (May 17, 2010). Tamara Drewe comic strip charms Cannes in film form. The Guardian.
External links[]
- Tamara Drewe at The Guardian website
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