Nanowrimo

[forsyth]

I know what I'm going to do for Nanowrimo this year. I'm going to take one of Shakespeare's plays, and rewrite it as a detective noir story. I'm not sure which one, though. I thought Romeo and Juliette, but that's kinda cliche-ed. It would work pretty well though. But I'm not set on it, and I'm looking for other ideas too. Anybody have suggestions?

Comments

[raanab.livejournal.com]

Titus Andronicus! Do Titus Andronicus!

[forsythferret.livejournal.com]

Even DAVAN wouldn't do Titus Andronicus.

[raanab.livejournal.com]

Bah, no one ever wants to do anything with Titus Andronicus.

What about say, the aftermaths of Hamlet or Othello, or Merchant of Venice might be workable as noir as well

[forsythferret.livejournal.com]

Well, part of the point is to do something that wouldn't normally BE noir as noir.

[frustratedpilot]

I suggest King John. Not only do you have a powerful family split into a feud of two warring factions, but you have also a suspenseful tale of a child in jeopardy.