Shakespeare plays reimagined with furry animals are a thing to behold
LONDON -- Fair is foul, and foul is fluffy.
William Shakespeare might be the greatest playwright who ever lived, but he missed a beat when he chose humans and not fluffy animals as his subject matter.
Thankfully, that oversight has been remedied, because someone has cast 10 small furry animals as lead actors in iconic Shakespearean dramas and turned the scenes into a book.
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Shakespeare in Fluff reimagines some of Shakespeare's best-known plays -- including Hamlet, Macbeth, and Romeo and Juliet -- in animal form. It's nothing short of mesmerising.
Here are just a few of the fuffy thespians at work...
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
"Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety; other women cloy The appetites they feed, but she makes hungry Where most she satisfies." -- Enobarbus.
ROMEO AND JULIET
Act II, Scene II
"Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name. Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I’ll no longer be a Capulet." -- Juliet.
MACBETH
Act IV, Scene I
"Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble." -- The Weird Sisters.
HAMLET
Act IV, Scene V
"There's fennel for you, and columbines: there's rue for you; and here's some for me: we may call it herb-grace o' Sundays: O you must wear your rue with a difference. There's a daisy: I would give you some violets, but they withered all when my father died: they say he made a good end." -- Ophelia.
THE TEMPEST
Act V, Scene I
"I'll break my staff, Bury it certain fathoms in the earth, And deeper than did ever plummet sound I'll drown my book." -- Prospero.
Shakespeare in Fluff is available to purchase online for £8.99 ($11.30).
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