I Reimagined 3 Shakespeare Plays As If They Had Been Written In The 2020 Quarantine…

Towards the beginning of the lockdown period, I read a few articles claiming that Shakespeare wrote the entirety of King Lear when he was in quarantine during an outbreak of plague.

At the time, I thought it would be fun to spend a bit of my own quarantine exploring how some of Shakespeare’s theatrical masterpieces would have been different if he’d composed them during the current Coronavirus lockdown.

Perhaps I was hoping that this period of self-isolation would inspire bard-like levels of productivity in me.

Unfortunately, it has taken me a grand total of three weeks to draw these cartoons but here are 3 Shakespeare plays reimagined as if they happened in the 2020 lockdown…

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Richard III

I Reimagined 3 Shakespeare Plays As If They Had Been Written In The 2020 Quarantine...

Romeo and Juliet

I Reimagined 3 Shakespeare Plays As If They Had Been Written In The 2020 Quarantine...

Three Witches on Video Conferencing Software

I Reimagined 3 Shakespeare Plays As If They Had Been Written In The 2020 Quarantine...

Lady MacBeth washing her hands as per…

I Reimagined 3 Shakespeare Plays As If They Had Been Written In The 2020 Quarantine...

Joanne Sarginson

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Comedic blogger from the UK - check me out on Instagram - @joannesarginson

Vėjūnė Rimašiūtė

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Vėjūnė is a community manager who helps artists all over the world introduce their artwork to Bored Panda readers and in that way, become more popular. Since she was always fascinated by the art world, she studied Culture Management and Cultural Policy at Vilnius Academy of Arts where she expanded her knowledge about it. Now she's using all this knowledge to showcase its beauty and help others dive into the fascinating world of art.

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