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Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) - SCRIPT
37 plays, 154 sonnets, all reduced down to 135 pages.
You've seen the show on DVD, you've bought the extended version on tape. What the heck, throw away some more money and buy the book!
The complete script (unabridged) of the hit stage show "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare" (abridged) with added comments throughout to make the book longer. It's a lot easier to buy this book, than to buy the DVD and copy the show line by line. You'll save money on pens alone!!
From the script
Daniel
Now when it came to the Comedies. Shakespeare was genius at borrowing and adapting plot devices from different theatrical traditions.
Jess
That's right. These influences include the Roman plays of Plautus and Terence, Ovid's "Metamorphoses" which are hysterically funny -not- as well as the rich Italian tradition of Commedia Dell'Arte.
Adam
Yeah. Basically, Shakespeare stole everything he ever wrote.
Jess
Stole is kinda strong dude. 'Distilled' maybe.
Adam
Well, then he 'distilled' the 3 or 4 funniest gimmicks of his time, and then milked them into 16 plays.
Daniel
You see, essentially Shakespeare was a formula writer. Once he found a device that worked, he used it...
All
Over and over again.
Daniel
So, Mr. Shakespeare, the question we have is this.
All
Why did you write 16 comedies when you could have just written one?
Jess
In answer to this question, we have taken the liberty of condensing all 16 plays of Shakespeare's comedies into a single play, which we have entitled "The comedy of Two Well-Measured Gentlemen Lost in the Merry Wives of Venice on a Midsummer's Twelfth Night in Winter.
Adam
Or...
Daniel
Cymbeline Taming Pericles the Merchant in the Tempest of Love As Much As You Like it For Nothing.
Adam
Or..
All
The Love Boat Goes to Verona.
"The three comics of the Reduced Shakespeare Company may sound like silly, sophomoric smart alecks, whereas they're actually... well, exactly that, but with fully-engaged brains and a purposeful glint in their eyes. These inspired parodists are so good that they play the accordion and they're still funny. And it's never as sophomoric as you think. The RSC technique is to lull you into condescension over some bit of obvious undergraduate foolery and then whipsaw you the other way with a flash of original intelligence or surreal fancy. They belong in select company." Christopher Rawson - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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