I’ve always loved the theatre, particularly Shakespeare.
That’s why I’m intrigued by the recent news that the people over at Times Online Labs Blog have decided to tweet lines from the Shakespearean classic Romeo and Juliet.
You can follow all or only one of the main characters and a line from the play is tweeted every 15 minutes.
And just to add that extra quirky twist the characters are also kittens – or at least their avatars are kittens…
I’m very in favour of making Shakespeare accessible in different channels, even if it does all seem a little weird at first. But, is this just another case of jumping on the Twitter bandwagon for no good reason?
I’m undecided but felt compelled to follow.
Here are a few links to some of the characters: @romeo__, @juliet__, @mercutio
