The Museum Of Literary Souls (A Short Story) - Plot & Excerpts
Berger’s “improvements” to great novels and plays is known as the “Confusion” and has come to be regarded as a lesson in why such experiments should generally be avoided. The first clue Mr. Gedeon had that something was amiss was when he passed the Liverpool Playhouse on his way to catch the train back to Glossom, his brother having miraculously recovered to such an extent that he was threatening to sue his physicians, and discovered that the theatre was playing The Comedy of Macbeth. He did a quick double take and immediately sought out the nearest bookshop. There he found a copy of The Comedy of Macbeth, along with a critical commentary labeling it “one of the most troubling of Shakespeare’s later plays, due to its curious mixture of violence and inappropriate humor bordering on early bedroom farce.” “Good Lord,” said Mr. Gedeon aloud. “What has he done? For that matter, what else has he done?” Mr. Gedeon thought hard for a time, trying to recall the novels or plays about which Mr.
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