That Way Madness Lies: 15 of Shakespeare's Most Notable Works Reimagined

That Way Madness Lies: 15 of Shakespeare's Most Notable Works Reimagined

Dahlia Adler

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In That Way Madness Lies, fifteen acclaimed YA writers put their modern spin on William Shakespeare's celebrated classics! West Side Story. 10 Things I Hate About You. Kiss Me, Kate. Contemporary audiences have always craved reimaginings of Shakespeare's most beloved works. Now, some of today's best writers for teens take on the Bard in these 15 whip-smart and original retellings! Contributors include Dahlia Adler (reimagining The Merchant of Venice), Kayla Ancrum (The Taming of the Shrew), Lily Anderson (All's Well That Ends Well), Melissa Bashardoust (A Winter's Tale), Patrice Caldwell (Hamlet), A.R. Capetta and Cory McCarthy (Much Ado About Nothing), Brittany Cavallaro (Sonnet 147), Joy McCullough (King Lear), Anna-Marie McLemore (Midsummer Night's Dream), Samantha Mabry (Macbeth), Tochi Onyebuchi (Coriolanus), Mark Oshiro (Twelfth Night), Lindsay Smith (Julius Caesar), Kiersten White (Romeo and Juliet), and Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka (The Tempest).


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  • julietatevez
    Mar 29, 2025
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  • Apr 06, 2025
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    I really loved the concept of this anthology, but I think I need greater expertise in Shakespeare to fully appreciate. I think this would be an amazing, amazing addition to a Shakespeare course, highlighting some of the ways that Shakespeare's work has inspired literature for centuries with countless applications. On a more surface level, I definitely appreciated some stories more than others, and some I frankly didn't understand at all. Indeed, some of the stories felt forced or overdone, modernized and diversified for the purpose of being modern and diverse without having the content to back it up. Overall, though, I appreciated Adler's collection of so many diverse perspectives and story structures and would love to return to this collection in the future as I read more Shakespeare and learn more about literature and literary history.

    My favorite stories:
    Severe Weather Warning (The Tempest)
    I Bleed (The Merchant of Venice)
    The Tragedy of Cory Lanez (Coriolanus)
    Shipwrecked (Twelfth Night)

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  • spxceflwr
    Mar 11, 2025
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    I really needed a change after [b:Special Topics in Calamity Physics|3483|Special Topics in Calamity Physics|Marisha Pessl|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1442699779l/3483._SY75_.jpg|910619] and this book was definitely it. I had a lot of fun reading it, and while I sometimes struggle with short stories, I was absorbed with this one! I don't know much Shakespeare (just Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, Taming of the Shrew, and Romeo and Juliet); but it still was really amazing to read all these different stories that kind of narrowed in on one aspect of the play.

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