Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" in Twitter twist
Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" in Twitter twist One of Shakespeare's most famous plays gets a 21st century makeover in a new version of "Romeo and Juliet" which will unfold through Twitter messages and on the Youtube video website. Entitled "Such Tweet Sorrow," the experiment is a collaboration between the Royal Shakespeare Company Mudlark, which produces entertainment on mobile telephones. Organizers have already outlined a contemporary "narrative arc" loosely based on the original tragedy, and the cast will improvise the rest through Tweets which have already begun to appear...... The production will take place over five weeks and allows for the characters to interact not only among themselves but also with members of the "audience." Each character writes their own tweets, guided by an existing storyline and diary which outlines where they are at any moment in the adventure. And so two families named after the original adv...
