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* Titus Andronicus as a cooking program.

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* Titus Andronicus as [[RunningGag All of Shakespeare's tragic heroines barfing on the audience members before they die.]]
** "[[BrickJoke I threw up on that guy in the hat.]]"
* Their rendition of ''Theatre/TitusAndronicus''. One would think that making such a violent play funny would be impossible. The Reduced Shakespeare Company found a way... [[BlackComedyCannibalism by performing it like
a cooking program.]]



'''Caesar:''' What, is that like, a band, or something?\\
'''Soothsayer:''' That's the 15th of March!\\

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'''Caesar:''' What, is that like, a band, or something?\\
What the hell are the ides of March?\\
'''Soothsayer:''' That's Well, that's the 15th of March!\\


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* Shakespeare's histories performed as an American football game.
** When King Lear comes in, we get this gem:
-->'''Adam:''' Fictional character in the field, Lear is disqualified!

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-->Shakespeare invaded Poland September 1st, 1939, thus precipitating World War II. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint I didn't know that...]]

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-->Shakespeare [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler invaded Poland September 1st, 1939, thus precipitating World War II. II.]] [[ComicallyMissingThePoint I didn't know that...]]]]
* Titus Andronicus as a cooking program.
-->'''Titus Andronicus:''' When he is dead, which should be... (Lavinia kills her rapist) ...Now.
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* "Cut the crap, Hamlet! My biological clock is ticking and I want babies ''now''!"

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* "Cut the crap, Hamlet! My biological clock is ticking MyBiologicalClockIsTicking and I want babies ''now''!"
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* An index card mix-up gives us this gem:
-->Shakespeare invaded Poland September 1st, 1939, thus precipitating World War II. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint I didn't know that...]]
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-->'''Soothsayer:''' Beware the Ides of March...ooo...\\
'''Caesar:''' What, is that like, a band, or something?\\
'''Soothsayer:''' That's the 15th of March!\\
'''Caesar:''' Why that's today! ''*Hrk*''
* "Cut the crap, Hamlet! My biological clock is ticking and I want babies ''now''!"
* Hamlet, backwards.
** "OOB"
** The BrickJoke when Ophelia drowns. The actor takes a cup of water, splashes it in his face, and walks off. When they do it backwards, he comes onstage and ''spits a mouthful of water into an empty cup''.
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