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Here, Internet: Shakespeare, But With Cats

by Susana Polo | 3:29 pm, August 29th, 2012

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1.The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew

Imagine, if you will, a world in which Elizabethan England was as obsessed with adding cats to things as modern Internet culture is, but naturally, having no Photoshop, had to do it by hand.

Wait, you don't have to, Susan Herbert already took care of that in the illustrations for her book Shakespeare Cats eight years ago, and thanks to Thaeger, they've been shared with the internet. All I'm saying is that The Taming of the Shrew is an odd title once all the roles are being played by cats.

2.A Midsummernight's Dream

A Midsummernight's Dream

Yes, that's a cat under that donkey head.

3.Macbeth

Macbeth

I presume that the Lady Macbeth spends a lot of time licking her paws in this one.

4.Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing

Beyond this point I have no guidance to give you. Good luck.

5.Hamlet

Hamlet

6.Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

7.The Merry Wives of Windsor

The Merry Wives of Windsor

8.Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

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Anonymous

I bought this book 2 years ago when I was in England!
http://twitter.com/passingfair Molly Muldoon

I own this book and keep it in my purse at all times. You never know when you’ll need Shakespeare Cats. They always get the party going.
http://twitter.com/AlexisTalbot Alexis Talbot

I have not read the Merry Wives of Windsor, but I love that picture of them. Probably the most cat-like out of the bunch!
Anonymous

I think #4 is a Manet. Or referring to …
http://twitter.com/AmyTheFreak Amy C.

I just need to leave this here… “Meowvolio”
http://twitter.com/stopdropreload Charlotte Grubbs

Most adorable Romeo and Juliet ever.
Kathryn Blair

It is, it’s Le déjeuner sur l’herbe. WITH CATS – maybe not a reference to Much Ado at all? Yes because apparently the same lady did a book, “A Cats Gallery of Art”:
http://artodyssey1.blogspot.ca/2009/10/susan-herbert-cats-are-featured-in-art.html

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