GHOSTBUSTERS Has Been Re-Written as Shakespearean Prose

What hast thou done, Ray? WHAT HAST THOU DONE! One of my favorite things in the world is Shakespeare. He's like the Joss Whedon of the Renaissance, only you know not as nice as Joss Whedon. I own all the Shakespearean Star Wars books, so what joy it brings my heart to see that now, there is also a Shakespearean Ghostbusters.

Written by Jordan Monsell, the book is simply a version of the Ghostbusters script but rewritten with prose and iambic pentameter. I love that he continues to write such classics. This one especially is a great choice for Shakespeare, as Shakespeare often deals with ghosts and phantoms. The book is called Ministers of Grace: The Unauthorized Shakespearean Parody of Ghostbusters. Dan Aykroyd, the original writer, has even given his own quote for the book showing his support:

"Jordan Monsell has trance channelled the Bard in genuine, sholarly and hilarious fashion to celebrate the Ghostbusters in a whole new, old way."

Here’s a brief excerpt from the book thanks to io9:

INNKEEPER

I humbly thank thee gentles for thy speed. Our guests grow anxious by the hour and start To question me for reasons have I none.

RAY

Hath it appeared ere now?

INNKEEPER

The eldest servants know of higher floor The strange impatience, I do mean to say Though stirred it not these past five moons till late. And ne’re did carry on as violently.

EGON

Did’st thou make report to any soul?

INNKEEPER

Nay! Good heavens! We do not speak of it. I wish it were removed before the dawn.

RAY

Verily. Now peace good sir. Custom hath made it in we a property of easiness.

Exit INNKEEPER

MAN AT STAIRS

What be you, a Muscovite?

PETER

Nay, we be extirpators. A rat a man did see on floors above and called upon us.

MAN

An unholy size this rat must be.

PETER

‘Twould take this from this, sirrah.

RAY

Wilt thou follow?

MAN

I’d rather keep my head to chew and swallow.

RAY

It hath occurred to me of late that a successful trial of our weapons have we not.

EGON

I do accuse myself.

PETER

As do I.

RAY

The fault, dear Egon, is not in our stars but in ourselves, that we are underlings.

PETER

Wherefore be troubled? For upon our backs have we unlicensed boxes of rough magic.

RAY

Agreed. Are we content?

EGON charges RAY’s pack, then backs away.

Congratulations Jordan Monsell. You've created something new that's Ghostbusters related that everyone can get behind.