The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again]Rowman & Littlefield, 2023 M10 15 - 154 pages Originally performed by its creators, this 1987 Edinburgh Fringe hit remains the second longest-running West End comedy in history and has been translated into over thirty languages. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) is not so much a play as it is a vaudeville show in which three charismatic, wildly ambitious actors attempt to present all thirty-seven of Shakespeare's plays in a single performance. They have a rudimentary concept of the stories and have imperfectly memorized a smattering of famous lines. Backstage there's a meager assortment of costumes and props. Thus armed, the three brazenly launch into their task with an earnest focus and breakneck enthusiasm. |
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... ROMEO : Have not saints lips , and holy palmers too ? A / JULIET : Ay , pilgrim . Lips that they must use in prayer . D / ROMEO : O then , dear saint , let lips do what hands do . [ D / ROMEO leans in to kiss A / JULIET , but she demurs ...
... Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name, Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet. What's in a name, anyway? That which we call a nose By any other name would still ...
... Romeo , And a Montague ? D / ROMEO : Neither , fair maid , if either thee dislike . A / JULIET : Dost thou love me then ? I know thou wilt say aye , And I will take thy word . Yet if thou swearest , Thou mayest prove false . O Romeo ...
... ROMEO . ] Bye , butt - love ! وو [ D / ROMEO strikes a lovesick pose and sighs . JESS enters and consults the book . ] JESS : Lo , Romeo did swoon with love ; By Cupid he'd been crippl't ; But Juliet had a loathsome coz Whose loathsome ...
... Romeo , Thou day in night ! Come , gentle night ! Come loving , black - brow'd night ! " O night night night night . . . Come come come come come ! " [ To audience , breaking character . ] I didn't write it . [ Back in character ...
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