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Brits use heart monitors to see if Shakespeare shocks more than Game of Thrones.
Is seeing graphic, violent content onstage different from watching it on a screen? The Royal Shakespeare Company is using science to find out. The Royal Shakespeare Company will monitor audience members to find out if Shakespeare still shocks in the age of ‘Game of Thrones.’The British theater troupe is currently performing Titus Andronicus in Stratford-upon-Avon. Considered Shakespeare’s goriest play, Titus includes scenes where characters are raped and mutilated, or have their hands chopped off.
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