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The Reduced Shakespeare Company
The Reduced version of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare was much more entertaining then many renditions of “the Bard’s” shows that I have seen in the past. The Reduced Shakespeare Company began its 2001 American Tour by returning to Guilford this year to a full Dana Auditorium on Family Weekend. They are celebrating their 20th anniversary this season with two new members, Karl Anderson and Michael John Faulkner, and one of the writers, founders, and managing partners of the company, Reed Martin.
As promised, the team performed all 37 of Shakespeare’s works in 97 minutes. It was amazingly fast and amazingly funny. This was definitely a show for everyone. If you love Shakespeare, and know all the monologues they mock, you could appreciate the subtle humor differences. On the other hand, if you hate Shakespeare, or have only read a few plays, you could still enjoy the hand motions, slap-stick humor, and constant punny jokes.
Martin teased in an interview about the basis of the show. “Basically we cut out all the minor characters and unimportant scenes to get right to the sex and the killing, which is what people really want to see,” Martin said.
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I recently engaged in some librarian geekiness by re-cataloging my library’s Shakespeare collection. No longer are the plays and anthologies and works about the author jumbled together, though plays sorted by some thoughtful pages by publisher. Now all of Shakespeare comes first, sorted by play title for individual works. I made up my very own Dewey number for the about-Shakespeare stuff, so it all goes after. (Dewey does have an official Shakespeare system, which is in itself about a page long and dreadfully complicated.) And while I was being pleased with myself, I found this book and decided to read it.
Reduced Shakespeare by Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor.
I’ve had Shakespeare on my Official List of Favorite Authors for years now, and while realizing that this list is somewhat pretentious and outdated and might not fully reflect my current tastes, still…. I also realized that while I have a handful of Shakespeare plays that I love and have read and watched over and over again, there are many, many more that I haven’t read. And mostly I’m too tired these days to put out the effort that reading or watching Shakespeare demands. The Reduced Shakespeare Company to the rescue! Like their show (which I loved on DVD), this is short and funny, as well as alarmingly accurate
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