Awesome Shakespeare

In 1996, the magnificent Sir Patrick Stewart appeared on an episode of Sesame Street, where he entertained and educated kids and adults alike. Press play and enjoy as our favorite starship captain and X-Men mentor recites a Shakespearean soliloquy inspired by the second letter of the English alphabet.

So you’ve got an enemy you want to put in their place? A simple 4-letter word or middle finger just won’t do the trick. Charley Chartwell’s has you covered with this reference chart packed with the Bard’s whip-smart witticisms, ready to address all of your insult needs.

We’ve all read our share of Shakespeare in school, but the combination of old English and William’s flowery prose sometimes makes it difficult to comprehend exactly what he was talking about. Our favorite YouTube puppets do their best to sort Romeo & Juliet out for us.

From Ryan North (Dinosaur Comics) comes a humorous choose-your-own-adventure game based on Hamlet. To Be or Not To Be features art by Kate Beaton, Mike Krahulik, Zac Gorman and more. Also available as a book.

Three Manga illustrators transformed the classics A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello and Romeo and Juliet into Japanese-style cinematic graphic novels, set in a dystopian future Tokyo.

“I dare thee, say WHAT again!” Pulp Shakespeare imagines what Pulp Fiction would be like if it was written by William Shakespeare. Footage of one of the play’s highlights here.

We have no idea what to make of Husky Jackal Theater’s attempt to mount a production of Terminator 2 set to the words of Shakespeare, but with enough of your pledges, the show will go on.

Gnomeo & Juliet, an animated version of the greatest love story ever told, stars the voices of James McAvoy and Emily Blunt as garden gnomes, who dodge feuding neighbors to find true love.