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Every six hours, posts plans (of mixed quality) to adapt public domain works in a variety of media. Bot by @cerhendriks with help from Cheap Bots, Done Quick!

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Book Cover for: Much ADO about Nothing, William Shakespeare

Much ADO about Nothing

William Shakespeare
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This time we are loosely adapting William Shakespeare's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING as a tile-matching video game. It will explore technology and intergenerational conflict.

Paperback, 2004

$6.99Member price:$3.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Richard III, William Shakespeare

Richard III

William Shakespeare
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This time we are loosely adapting William Shakespeare's RICHARD III as an illustrated pop-up book. It will explore humour and cosmicist philosophy.

Paperback, 2018

$9.99Member price:$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Comedy of Errors, William Shakespeare

The Comedy of Errors

William Shakespeare
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This time we are loosely adapting William Shakespeare's THE COMEDY OF ERRORS as a post-cyberpunk film. It will take aesthetic influence from prehistoric cave art.

Paperback, 2020

$9.99Member price:$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice

William Shakespeare
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This time we are loosely adapting William Shakespeare's THE MERCHANT OF VENICE as a racing video game. It will explore beauty and presentist theories of time.

Paperback, 2017

$10.00Member price:$5.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Doctor Faustus, Christopher Marlowe

Doctor Faustus

Christopher Marlowe
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This time we are loosely adapting Christopher Marlowe's DOCTOR FAUSTUS as a weird western television series. It will explore ethnicity and incommensurable philosophical paradigms.

Paperback, Mass Market, 2010

$6.95Member price:$3.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Great Expectations, Charles Dickens

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens
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This time we are loosely adapting Charles Dickens' GREAT EXPECTATIONS as a New Western film drama. It will take aesthetic influence from ancient Egyptian art and hieroglyphics.

Paperback, Mass Market, 2009

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Book Cover for: Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens

Oliver Twist

Charles Dickens
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This time we are loosely adapting Charles Dickens' OLIVER TWIST as a narrative-centred tabletop role-playing game. It will take aesthetic influence from Italian Baroque painting.

Paperback, 2008

$6.95Member price:$3.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Measure for Measure, William Shakespeare

Measure for Measure

William Shakespeare
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This time we are loosely adapting William Shakespeare's MEASURE FOR MEASURE as a black comedy film. It will explore guilt and the denial of death.

Paperback, 2020

$9.99Member price:$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: As You Like It, William Shakespeare

As You Like It

William Shakespeare
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This time we are loosely adapting William Shakespeare's AS YOU LIKE IT as a contemporary workplace comedy television show. It will take aesthetic influence from Arabic miniature.

Paperback, 2017

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Book Cover for: Paradise Lost, John Milton

Paradise Lost

John Milton
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This time we are loosely adapting John Milton's PARADISE LOST as a Senecan tragedy. It will explore grief and moral anti-realism.

Paperback, 2008

$10.95Member price:$5.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book