BSA 204 W10 : A Shakespeare Remix



When Game of Thrones was very popular some other shows started popping up that tried to recreate its success - most successful of which being Vikings. Around this time I had seen the Macbeth (2015) adaptation by Justin Kurzel and I had an idea for a series which I thought could be similarly successful, it took many different Shakespeare plays and found a way to roll them all into one narrative, of course changing the names and setting.

The ones I though about mashing were Macbeth (as the foundation for setting as well), Coriolanus and Hamlet.

Scene 1: 

A group of soldiers sit amongst the dead after a battle, they talk casually and see a group of women in rags starting to forage the bodies. They talk of the legends of the witches around these parts and decide to approach the small party. They are given a prophecy which sets of the series of events as one of the men are said to soon take place as king.

Now I think of course that this would work well as a parody, the thing that brought it back to my mind was the thought that the costumes could be designed similar to those of old timey Jesters, where it almost appeared like they wore crowns or horns. This would be a very unique look if all the costumes were designed in such a fashion and would speak plenty of what kind of tone the show is going for:



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  1. Gnomeo and Juliet is a really good movie :) Have you seen it?

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