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A British mini-series consisting of four Shakespeare plays updated to the modern day with modern sensibilities.

The series overall

• Hey, It's That Guy!

Much Ado About Nothing

• The Alcoholic: Don
• Belligerent Sexual Tension: As usual.
• Brainless Beauty: Hero starts out this way.
• Celebrity Paradox: Shakespeare exists in universe, but it is never stated as to whether the play the story is based on was written.
• Daddy's Girl: Hero
• Fiery Redhead: Benedick. Beatrice also has a reddish tint to her hair, she also attends the costume party as Elizabeth I, another well known Fiery Redhead.
• Hot Scoop
• Human Interest Story: Beatrice wants to cover one about the closure of a nursing home.
• Monster Clown: Invoked by Don's creepy party costume.
• Nice Guy: Peter the director.
• Those Two Guys: The security guards.

Macbeth

• A Father to His Men: Macbeth
• Asshole Victim: Duncan
• Knowledge Broker: They're binmen, they know everything.
• Shirtless Scene: Macbeth

The Taming of the Shrew

• Beleaguered Assistant: Tim
• Berserk Button: Kate, she's like a female Don from Sexy Beast.
• Boisterous Bruiser: The first thing Petruchio does is to break open a door to his his only friend, Harry.
• Crossdresser: Petruchio gets these urges sometimes, usually at the most inappropriate moments.
• Drowning My Sorrows: Harry does this after Bianca dumps him.
• Gold Digger: Petruchio wants to get to married to pay off his debts.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: Kate seems permanently furious.
• Hot Blooded: Petruchio gets over hangovers by fighting them.
• Impoverished Patrician: Petruchio has a title and an estate but no liquid assets.
• Love at First Sight: Petruchio to Kate (surprisingly).
• Missing Mom: Petruchio's mother left when he was six.
• The Nameless: Petruchio is never named as such in the entirety of the film.
• The Napoleon: Kate gets this treatment especially coupled with her political aspirations.
• Prenup Blowup
• Romancing The Widow: Harry
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: Kate and Bianca respectively.
• The Wonka: Petruchio, his eccentricity and his cavalier attitude allows him to court Kate successfully.
• Workaholic: Kate's diary has a full work day but in the evening she's emptying the bin.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

• Breaking the Fourth Wall: Puck does this constantly.
• Interspecies Romance: Titania and Oberon.

The Shadow Line

British Series

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