Tato série s humorem přetváří populární filmy a televizní pořady do Shakespearovského stylu. Každá kniha přepracovává známé momenty do veršů psaných v pentametru, zasazených do klasické divadelní struktury s dějstvími a scénami. Čtenáři ocení skryté odkazy na Shakespearova slavná díla, postavy a témata, které dodávají dílům další vrstvu zábavy a intelektuálního potěšení. Je to jedinečná směs moderní popkultury a klasického dramatu.
It s your cousin, Marvin Berry! You know that new version of Back to The Future you re looking for, with the entire movie reimagined as if it were a play written by William Shakespeare? Well, LISTEN TO THIS!
The situation is befetch d, forsooth! She attendeth not this school gadzooks! On Wednesdays tis in pink that we attire. An ordinary mother I am not / But rather I am cool and hip, I wot The carriage enter in, make haste, thou clod / Tis shopping we endeavor now in squad. The classic movie Mean Girls takes a timewarp back to the days of the Bard!
Just in time for its 25th anniversary, a Shakespearean adaptation of the classic 90s teen comedy Clueless for the Pop Shakespeare series by the New York Times bestselling author of Much Ado About Mean Girls and Get Thee Back to the Future!
Assemble, Ye Avengers! All four Avengers films are presented as Shakespearean plays in this must-have for Marvel fans. What if the most epic cinematic franchise of all time had been penned by the greatest playwright of all time? Wonder no more! In William Shakespeare’s Avengers, the best-selling author of the William Shakespeare’s Star Wars series has reimagined the Avengers films as plays penned by the Bard himself, including: • Assemble, Ye Avengers • Lo, The Age of Ultron • Infinity War’s Tale • The Endgame’s Afoot Authentic meter and verse, stage directions, and clever Easter eggs will delight fans of the Avengers and Shakespeare alike. Readers will experience their favorite scenes, characters, and lines in a fresh—yet fully faithful—way, through soliloquies and dialogue by everyone from Captain America to Groot (“’Tis I!”). The lavish two-column format recalls Shakespeare’s folios, and dozens of vibrant illustrations capture all the iconic movie moments. This franchise bible elevates and celebrates the films and is a must-have for fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Avengers.