So, clay pipes from Shakespeare’s garden have been found to contain traces of Cannabis Resin, eh?
Check it out here:
Does that mean old Will was high when he scribbled out some of his plays?
And should we then have a fresh look at some of those plays?
HAMLET
Prince of Denmark fancies his mother, fires up a spliff, kills just about everyone.
MACBETH
Would-be Scottish King finds three women mixing up some weed on the moors, smokes some, kills just about everyone.
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
Businessman owes money to his dealer for a consignment of Mary Jane but can’t pay his bills. Dealer threatens to take a pound of flesh if he doesn’t cough up. No-one is killed but it’s a comedy.
JULIUS CAESAR
Romans fall out over who ate all the cannabis cakes, start killing each other. ‘Et Tu, Brute,’ says dying Julius. ‘No, ya sod,’ says Brutus, ‘You ate four!’
TITUS ANDRONICUS
Roman emperor and his wife get the munchies, eat their children. Just about everyone dies.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
A group of people who had fired up some doobies in the forest start seeing fairies. One of them thinks he’s got a donkey’s head, but he’s a right Bottom.
