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The article deals with comic adaptations of the tragedies Hamlet and Macbeth, as well as the comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream by W. Shakespeare. The object of study is the peculiarities of comics as a text in demand by the representatives of clip consciousness, which is formed under the influence of IT technologies. The subject of the study is the transformation of Shakespeare’s source text in comic adaptations of the 20^th–21^st centuries. The study is based on adaptations of the tragedies Macbeth and Hamlet and the comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream by W. Shakespeare. The tasks of the study were as follows: to point the reasons for the enduring interest in the works of Shakespeare, to determine the features of the “clip” consciousness typical of modern man, to highlight the features of the comics genre; explain the relevance of the comics genre to the modern readership; analyze techniques for adapting Shakespeare’s plays depending on the nature of the audience. The study showed that Shakespeare’s texts, being one of the foundations of Englishspeaking culture, are adapted in order to remain in the reading agenda of native English speakers. Certain features of the comics genre (fragmentation, emphasis on visual presentation of information) correlate with the characteristic features of clip consciousness. Comics contain allusions to significant cultural phenomena and include quotes from plays, introducing readers to the original Shakespearean text.