The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (2009)
- Presented by: Colorado Shakespeare Festival
- Venue: Roe Green Theatre (Indoors)
- University Theatre Building, 261 University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80302
A second helping of our collaborative, sell-out hit with Boulder Ensemble Theater Company (BETC),Complete Works is a high-speed, irreverent condensation of all of Shakespeare’s plays in less than two hours. Stephen Weitz, Geoffrey Kent and Matthew Mueller come together again for this hilarious romp. Whether you are the Bard’s biggest fan or haven’t read a word since high school, this laugh-out-loud production is sure to win you over!
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"Due to adult content and mature language, patrons under 5 should stay home and those under thirteen should think about it."
There have been vicious rumors spread around town that The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) is nothing more than a series of groin kicks, puking riffs and an excuse for men to wear girlie wigs. We would like to dispel these rumors; in fact, we would like to kick these rumors in the groin and puke on them, all while wearing girlie wigs.
In fact, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) contains everything that a legitimate Shakespearean production would have:
Swashbuckling
Broad insults
Insulting broads
Implausible plot twists
Strange Double-Casting
Pop-culture references
Rhyming Couplets
Hatred of the Dutch
Corpses
Light sabers
Profuse vomiting
Zeitgeist
Your Mom
Pumpkin Pants
References to Battlestar Galactica
Interminably long pastoral dances at inopportune moments
Men playing men, men playing women, and women doing the real work
Also, the list of plays:
The Plays of William Shakespeare
All’s Well That Ends Well; Anthony and Cleopatra; As You Like It; The Comedy of Errors; Coriolanus; Cymbeline; Hamlet; Henry IV, Part I; Henry IV, Part II; Henry V; Henry VI, Part I; Henry VI, Part II; Henry VI, Part III; Henry VIII; Julius Caesar; King John; King Lear; Love’s Labour’s Lost; Macbeth; Measure for Measure; The Merchant of Venice; The Merry Wives of Windsor; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Much Ado About Nothing; Othello; Pericles; Richard II; Richard III; Romeo and Juliet; The Taming of the Shrew; The Tempest; Timon of Athens; Titus Andronicus; Troilus and Cressida; Twelfth Night; Two Gentlemen of Verona; A Winter’s Tale.
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