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1	* An index card mix-up gives us this gem:
2	-->Shakespeare [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler invaded Poland September 1st, 1939, thus precipitating World War II.]] [[ComicallyMissingThePoint I didn't know that...]]
3	* [[RunningGag All of Shakespeare's tragic heroines barfing on the audience members before they die.]]
4	** "[[BrickJoke I threw up on that guy in the hat.]]"
5	* 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.]]
6	-->'''Titus Andronicus:''' When he is dead, which should be... (Lavinia kills her rapist) ...Now.
7	*
8	-->'''Soothsayer:''' Beware the Ides of March...ooo...\
9	'''Caesar:''' What the hell are the ides of March?\
10	'''Soothsayer:''' Well, that's the 15th of March!\
11	'''Caesar:''' Why that's today! ''Hrk''
12	* Shakespeare's histories performed as an American football game.
13	** When King Lear comes in, we get this gem:
14	-->'''Adam:''' Fictional character in the field, Lear is disqualified!
15	* "Cut the crap, Hamlet! MyBiologicalClockIsTicking and I want babies ''now''!"
16	* Hamlet, backwards.
17	** "OOB"
18	** 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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