Pulp Shakespeare

England's Icarus Theatre Collective recently put out a casting call for a new production of William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet that would transplant the star-crossed lovers to the Holocaust. In this version, Hitler Youth member Romeo falls in love with a Jewish girl named Juliet— despite the fact that the opening lines of the play… READ THE REST

Shakespeare Unleashed is a forthcoming anthology edited by James Aquilone that will feature horror stories and sonnets inspired by the work of William Shakespeare. There's also an accompanying comic book! Verily, the book will consist of at least 20 horror short stories and 10 dark sonnets, with several interior illustrations — we'll add more if… READ THE REST

Macbeth is the most unsettling of Shakespeare's plays, and not just because of the grim subject matter. As Clive Thompson writes, "there's something subconsciously off about the sound of the play, and it spooks people". A language study set out to find the most uncanny language in the play, expecting the dark magic to be… READ THE REST

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We thank our sponsor for making this content possible; it is not written by the editorial staff nor does it necessarily reflect its views. The internet is a chaotic, weird, beautiful thing where you can find things from amazing infographics to fun news blurbs about what is clearly the prologue to a horror movie. When you're… READ THE REST