Ai Shakespeare

A Stage Play by Mark Raines

Just a based of an idea 💡

INT. MODERN APARTMENT - DAY
A brightly lit apartment.Empty pizza boxes and energy drink cans litter the coffee table.
.BARNABY 30s, wearing a stained hoodie, sits hunched over a laptop, looking stressed.
BARNABY
MutteringOkay, Shakespeare, you magnificent b*****d.Just... one more sonnet.For my English Literature assignment.Due... tomorrow.
Barnaby types furiously.He slams the laptop shut.
BARNABY
This is hopeless! I'm doomed to fail!My professor's going to unleash his inner Polonius on me!
He spots a sleek, futuristic AI device on his desk �" a glowing orb named "Bard."
BARNABY
Bard, my AI overlord, can you write a Shakespearean sonnet about... procrastination?
The orb glows brighter.A synthesized, perfectly enunciated Shakespearean voice booms from it.
BARD V.O.
Alas, procrastination's subtle snare doth bind,/ The task unstarted, thoughts that stray and wind./ The deadline looms, a specter dark and grim,/ While idle hands indulge in games and whim./ A sonnet's promise, now a distant dream,/ Replaced by memes and YouTube's endless stream./ Yet hope remains, a flickering, faint spark,/ To rise and conquer, leave this weary mark./But first, a snack.Perhaps a cookie's grace?
BARNABY
LaughingHe even got the procrastination part right!Genius!Okay, Bard, now do one about the struggles of writing a YouTube script about Shakespeare using A