History StealthPun / Theater

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* ''Theatre/TheBibleTheCompleteWordOfGodAbridged'':
-->"He [Joshua] slew the people of Midian, known as Midianites, the people of Girgash, known as Girgashites, and the people of Paris, known as the French."
* In ''Theatre/OfTheeISing'', in the Senate scene, the Senator from Massachusetts rises to demand a governmental pension for Jenny, Paul Revere's horse. Another Senator points out that Jenny died in 1805, and after an observed minute of silence the matter is declared finished. To put it literally: it's a [[spoiler:dead horse]].
* In the English translation of ''Theatre/{{Tartuffe}}'', which is not a direct translation of the French (the lines rhyme in both versions) we get this after [[spoiler: Elmire convinces Orgon, her husband and the head of the household, that Tartuffe is evil, so that he will not entrust him with the family's fortunes. She finally convinces him that Tartuffe is corrupt by seducing him while Tartuffe is under a table, and he must believe her. Later, he tries to convince his mother:]]
--> "To be more certain, what more proof would I need?/Should I have waited until he had ewwww...."
** This changes based on the performance.
* In ''Theatre/LegallyBlonde'', Elle's sorority sisters refer to themselves as a GreekChorus. Get it?
* In the ''Film/MaryPoppins'' musical, the villainous nanny Miss Andrews is sent by Mary to a place, shown as below the stage, which glows red and smoky. While it's [[GoshDarnItToHeck never specified where it is]], in theatrical jargon, the area just below the stage is referred to as, yes, {{Hell}}.
* Near the end of ''Theatre/ChildrenOfEden'', Noah is asking his children where they plan to go. Shem says that he plans to go "East ... towards the rising sun" and his wife, Aysha, says that they'll bring along "The tigers, the pandas, the elephants with little ears". Ham plans to go "South ... across the desert which no one has cross, to seek the great land beyond" and his wife, Afrash, plans to take "The lions, the ostriches, the elephants with the ''big'' ears". One can guess which two continents they plan to settle...
* The main character of ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' is called “Elphaba”. The author of the original ''Franchise/LandOfOz'' novels was Creator/LFrankBaum.
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* Interestingly enough, ''[[Theatre/{{Macbeth}} Macbeth]]'' has one of these ''retroactively''. After hearing about Duncan being assassinated, Macduff screams as he runs down the hall to meet Lennox and Macbeth. [[spoiler:He's screaming bloody murder.]]

* In the ''Film/MaryPoppins'' music, the villainous nanny Miss Andrews is sent by Mary to a place, shown as below the stage, which glows red and smoky. While it's [[GoshDarnItToHeck never specified where it is]], in theatrical jargon, the area just below the stage is referred to as, yes, {{Hell}}.

* Interestingly enough, ''Theater/{{Macbeth}}'' has one of these ''retroactively''. After hearing about Duncan being assassinated, Macduff screams as he runs down the hall to meet Lennox and Macbeth. [[spoiler:He's screaming bloody murder.]]

* Interestingly enough, ''Theater/{{Macbeth}}'' has one of these ''retroactively''. After hearing about Duncan's murder, Macduff screams as he runs down the hall to meet Lennox and Macbeth. [[spoiler:He's screaming bloody murder.]]

* Interestingly enough, ''Theater/Macbeth'' had one of these ''retroactively''. After hearing about Duncan's murder, Macduff screams as he runs down the hall to meet Lennox and Macbeth. [[spoiler:He's screaming bloody murder.]]

* Interestingly enough, ''Theatre/Macbeth'' had one of these ''retroactively''. After hearing about Duncan's murder, Macduff screams as he runs down the hall to meet Lennox and Macbeth. [[spoiler:He's screaming bloody murder.]]

* In ''OfTheeISing'', in the Senate scene, the Senator from Massachusetts rises to demand a governmental pension for Jenny, Paul Revere's horse. Another Senator points out that Jenny died in 1805, and after an observed minute of silence the matter is declared finished. To put it literally: it's a [[spoiler:dead horse]].

* ''The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged)'':

* In the English Translation of the French "Tartuffe," which is not a direct translation (the lines rhyme in both versions) we get this after [[spoiler: Elmire convinces Orgon, her husband and the head of the household, that Tartuffe is evil, so that he will not entrust him with the family's fortunes. She finally convinces him that Tartuffe is corrupt by seducing him while Tartuffe is under a table, and he must believe her. Later, he tries to convince his mother:]]