Sally Bollinger is an actor, writer and cartoonist born in 1993 in

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 List of islands of New Zealand, smaller islands. It is the ...

. She often works collaboratively with her sister Elsie on works relating to

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's natio ...

and will contribute the comic component of joint comic/video projects.

Creative work

YouTube

Along with Minnie Grace, Claris Jacobs and sister Elsie Bollinger, wrote, directed and produced a

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adaptation of the Shakespeare play ''

Much Ado About Nothing ''Much Ado About Nothing'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599.See textual notes to ''Much Ado About Nothing'' in ''The Norton Shakespeare'' ( W. W. Norton & Company, 1997 ) p. 1387 The play ...

'', entitled ''Nothing Much To Do''. Sally and Elsie grew up with Shakespeare stories and were also inspired by ''

The Lizzie Bennet Diaries ''The Lizzie Bennet Diaries'' is an American web series adapted from Jane Austen's 1813 novel ''Pride and Prejudice.'' The story is conveyed in the form of vlogs. It was created by Hank Green and Bernie Su, produced by Jenni Powell and stars Ash ...

''. They raised $23,000 for the project on a

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campaign.

Comics

Sally contributed to the comic components of an adaptation of ''

Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depi ...

'' by The Candle Wasters, titled ''Tragicomic''. The comics drawn by Sally are intended to represent those drawn by the protagonist Hannah Moore during the course of the series. This adaptation gender swapped the characters to make women more central, and also had more of a focus on mental health.

Bibliography

* ''Three Words: An Anthology of Aotearoa/NZ Women's Comics'' (2016). Contributor.

References

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