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Re: Four Brits and an American (or, I Need a Title)

Posted By: Faux Pas, on host 138.89.124.210
Date: Saturday, March 30, 2002, at 17:31:55
In Reply To: Four Brits and an American (or, I Need a Title) posted by Matthew on Saturday, March 30, 2002, at 16:22:52:

> Next, we went to Leicester Square and decided to catch a play. We chose the Complete Works of Shakespeare by the Reduced Shakespeare Society. Summary:
>
> a) GO AND SEE IT.
> b) "Reduced" means "condensed." This is the ultimate Book-A-Minute. Less of a Royal Shakespeare Company Lite, and more of a Jolt RSC. On crack.
> c) Romeo & Juliet can be done in seven minutes.
> d) All of Shakespeare's comedies can be condensed into one, three-minute montage.
> e) It is possible to see four versions of Hamlet *after the interval*. The shortest was 2.5 seconds, the longest a bum-numbing 20 minutes, and the weirdest minus one-and-a-half minutes. As in, 90 seconds, but backwards. Kenneth Brannagh would be turning in his grave. Sorry, *should be.
> f) I can't describe it well enough. It is truly remarkable and good and so on.

We just saw this in NYC last Friday. Very funny stuff. We purchased tickets on Friday morning and wound up front row center so I was the one that was called a bastard by Ophelia and got a lily hurled at my chest. Also, Ophelia leaned over me to vomit on the second row when she died.

All in all, a great time.

-FP

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Re: Four Brits and an American (or, I Need a Title) - Mazer31 - Mon, 4/1/2002, 23:06:51

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Message:	> > Next, we went to Leicester Square and decided to catch a play. We chose the Complete Works of Shakespeare by the Reduced Shakespeare Society. Summary: > > > > a) GO AND SEE IT. > > b) "Reduced" means "condensed." This is the ultimate Book-A-Minute. Less of a Royal Shakespeare Company Lite, and more of a Jolt RSC. On crack. > > c) Romeo & Juliet can be done in seven minutes. > > d) All of Shakespeare's comedies can be condensed into one, three-minute montage. > > e) It is possible to see four versions of Hamlet after the interval. The shortest was 2.5 seconds, the longest a bum-numbing 20 minutes, and the weirdest minus one-and-a-half minutes. As in, 90 seconds, but backwards. Kenneth Brannagh would be turning in his grave. Sorry, *should be. > > f) I can't describe it well enough. It is truly remarkable and good and so on. > > We just saw this in NYC last Friday. Very funny stuff. We purchased tickets on Friday morning and wound up front row center so I was the one that was called a bastard by Ophelia and got a lily hurled at my chest. Also, Ophelia leaned over me to vomit on the second row when she died. > > All in all, a great time. > > -FP
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