Three guys, one dead playwright, and 37 plays, all in under two hours. In this universally acclaimed theater experience, Adam Long (one of the troupe's founding members), Reed Martin, and ...
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Title: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (TV Movie 2000)
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Reed Martin | ... | Various Characters |
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Three guys, one dead playwright, and 37 plays, all in under two hours. In this universally acclaimed theater experience, Adam Long (one of the troupe's founding members), Reed Martin, and Austin Tichenor manage to compress the complete works of Shakespeare into about an hour and 40 minutes of high-speed over-the-top hilarity. Knowledge about Shakespeare's works is helpful, but not at all necessary. All that is needed is time enough to watch and someone to dial 911 in case you pass out from laughing so much. Written by Mike Gulick <dagger@shelltown.net>
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Ophelia: Wait, Reed, before you go on, what's the next scene with Ophelia?
Laertes: There are no more scenes with Ophelia.
Ophelia: No, man, I'm up for it.
Laertes: There aren't any. That's all Shakespeare wrote.
Ophelia: Well what happens to her?
Laertes: She drowns.
Ophelia: ...Okay, cool!
[Ophelia runs offstage]
Laertes: I'll anoint my sword with such an...
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The music played by Adam Long as he plays the guitar during the epilogue of the Romeo and Juliet sketch is the main theme from Romeo and Juliet (1968), directed by Franco Zeffirelli. See more »Quotes
Laertes: Hamlet comes back; What shall I...Ophelia: Wait, Reed, before you go on, what's the next scene with Ophelia?
Laertes: There are no more scenes with Ophelia.
Ophelia: No, man, I'm up for it.
Laertes: There aren't any. That's all Shakespeare wrote.
Ophelia: Well what happens to her?
Laertes: She drowns.
Ophelia: ...Okay, cool!
[Ophelia runs offstage]
Laertes: I'll anoint my sword with such an...
[...]
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Most comedies based upon the works of others have a tendency to start with an inspired idea, but in the end don't come across as well as they should have (think _Bridget Jones's Diary_). Here, on the other hand, is quite possibly the funniest thing ever done on a stage anywhere. The three members of the Reduced Shakespeare Company have, over the course of 20+ years, refined and honed this show to the point where all you get is the lean meat - there's not an ounce of fat to be seen. The only point during the entire DVD where I stop laughing is the three-second intermission between the first and second half of the show (well-placed, as it gives me a chance to catch my breath). 10 is too low a rating to give this gem.