The Shakespeare Mash-up: Shakespeare Plays Othello and Romeo & Juliet Remixed
Book Details
Author(s)
Ben Arogundade
Publisher
AROGUNDADE Books
ISBN / ASIN
B005AYS1UM
ISBN-13
978B005AYS1U6
Sales Rank
#1,759,439
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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Description
"A transformative remix."
The Times
“Bold innovations."
The Observer
SYNOPSIS
‘The Shakespeare Mash-up’ represents a new genre in literature. It deconstructs sections of dialogue from well-known Shakespeare’s plays, then re-configures them back together to create a new play composed entirely of the Bard’s unaltered text. This first installment mashes up the text from ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and ‘Othello’, creating an original tragi-comic love story that places Othello, Desdemona, Romeo and Juliet together for the first time, in a narrative that feels like Shakespeare wrote it himself.
The handkerchief in ‘Othello’ remains central to the plot, as do many classic 'Othello' quotes. The new mash-up re-casts Othello and Romeo as lovers, caught between the attentions of Juliet and Desdemona. The end result is the most original work on Shakespeare to date, and essential reading for all fans and scholars of his work.
(Short form eBook - 6,000 words)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ben Arogundade is a London-based writer and creative director of illustrated books. He originally trained as an architect before diversifying into graphic design and print journalism. In 1996 he launched ‘Extract’, a cult style magazine about the lives of non-celebrities. In 2000 he wrote his first book, ‘Black Beauty’ — an exploration of society’s historical perceptions of the black image — which later became the subject of a three-part BBC documentary. Following this he worked as a voice-over artist before becoming creative director at Gloria Books, publishers of luxury collectables. In 2010 he launched his own publishing imprint, Arogundade Books.
The Times
“Bold innovations."
The Observer
SYNOPSIS
‘The Shakespeare Mash-up’ represents a new genre in literature. It deconstructs sections of dialogue from well-known Shakespeare’s plays, then re-configures them back together to create a new play composed entirely of the Bard’s unaltered text. This first installment mashes up the text from ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and ‘Othello’, creating an original tragi-comic love story that places Othello, Desdemona, Romeo and Juliet together for the first time, in a narrative that feels like Shakespeare wrote it himself.
The handkerchief in ‘Othello’ remains central to the plot, as do many classic 'Othello' quotes. The new mash-up re-casts Othello and Romeo as lovers, caught between the attentions of Juliet and Desdemona. The end result is the most original work on Shakespeare to date, and essential reading for all fans and scholars of his work.
(Short form eBook - 6,000 words)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ben Arogundade is a London-based writer and creative director of illustrated books. He originally trained as an architect before diversifying into graphic design and print journalism. In 1996 he launched ‘Extract’, a cult style magazine about the lives of non-celebrities. In 2000 he wrote his first book, ‘Black Beauty’ — an exploration of society’s historical perceptions of the black image — which later became the subject of a three-part BBC documentary. Following this he worked as a voice-over artist before becoming creative director at Gloria Books, publishers of luxury collectables. In 2010 he launched his own publishing imprint, Arogundade Books.
