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Reduced Shakespeare Company

REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY

  
Nationality:    USA
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below is a list of Reduced Shakespeare Company's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         All the Great Books (abridged)         Bible, The: the Complete Word of God (abridged)         Complete History of America, The (abridged)         Complete History of Comedy, The (abridged)         Complete Millennium Musical, The (abridged)         Complete Works of William Shakespeare, The (abridged)         Complete World of Sports, The (abridged)         Completely Hollywood (abridged)         Greatest Story Ever Sold         Hamlet         Romeo and Juliet         Western Civilization: the Complete Musical (abridged)

All the Great Books (abridged)

Synopsis:
the Literary Canon explodes as the bad boys of abridgement unleash a brand-new comic outrage on an unsuspecting public. America's best loved comedy troupe takes you on a ninety-eight minute roller-coaster ride through its compact compendium of the world's great books in All the Great Books (abridged). Confused by Confucius? Thoroughly thrown by Thoreau? Wish Swift was swifter? Tennyson tinier? then buckle up and hop aboard as the three cultural guerrillas of the Reduced Shakespeare Company zip through everything you didn't get around to reading in school.
- company website

Notes:
(written by Martin And Tichenor, with Additional material by original cast members Croke And Michael Faulkner). the show is developed At bang.studios in Los Angeles, Merrimack Repertory theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, And Alabama Shakespeare Festival

1st Produced:
-    2002

Organisations:
Reduced Shakespeare Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Bible, The: the Complete Word of God (abridged)

Synopsis:
It's apocalypse now as the three cultural guerrillas of the Reduced Shakespeare Company set their reductive sites on the good book with the Bible: the Complete Word of God (abridged). Can bolts of lightning be far behind? Yes, it's an affectionate, irreverent roller coaster ride from fig leaves to Final Judgment as the boys tackle the great theological questions: Did Adam and Eve have navels? Did Moses really look like Charlton Heston? And why isn't the word 'phonetic' spelled the way it sounds? Whether you are Catholic or Atheist, Muslim or Jew, Protestant or Purple People Eater, you will be tickled by the RSC's romp through old time religion. Remember. . . Someone is watching.
- company website

Notes:
written by Long, Martin, And Tichenor, with Additional material by Croke

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Reduced Shakespeare Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Complete History of America, The (abridged)

Synopsis:
From Washington to Watergate, yea verily from the Bering Straits to Baghdad, from New World to New World Order - the Complete History of America (abridged) is a ninety minute rollercoaster ride through the glorious quagmire that is American History, reminding us that it's not the length of your history that matters - it's what you've done with it! the three cultural guerillas of the Reduced Shakespeare Company tackle such controversial questions as: Who really discovered America? Why did Abe Lincoln free the slaves? How many Democrats does it take to screw in a lightbulb? History is normally written by the winners. . . now it's the RSC's turn.
- company website

Notes:
1993: the RSC premieres its second stage show - the Complete History of America (abridged) (written by Long, Martin, And Tichenor). they perform America At Montreal's Just For Laughs Festival, the American Repertory theatre, And the Serious Fun Festival At Lincoln Center in New York. Tours of the U.S., Britain, And Israel.

1st Produced:
Just For Laughs Festival, Montreal    1993

Organisations:
Reduced Shakespeare Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Complete History of Comedy, The (abridged)

Synopsis:
The Complete History of Comedy (abridged), dissecting humour from Aristophanes to Zaltzman. The bad boys of abridgment deconstruct the entire history of comedy in 75 minutes.

Notes:
written by Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor

1st Produced:
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Festival Fringe    31 Jul 2014

Organisations:
Reduced Shakespeare Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Complete Millennium Musical, The (abridged)

Synopsis:
a thousand years of world history - abridged

Notes:
book And lyrics by Reed Martin And Austin Tichenor, music by Nick Graham, Additional material by Dee Ryan

1st Produced:
-    1998

Organisations:
Reduced Shakespeare Company

1st Published:
published under the new title Western Civilization! the Complete Musical (abridged)   -

Music:
Original cast recording SW (2004)

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Complete Works of William Shakespeare, The (abridged)

Synopsis:
All 37 Plays in 97 Minutes! An irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard's plays, the Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) was London's longest-running comedy - 10 years in the West End at the Criterion theatre - and is NOW ON TOUR! Join these madcap men in tights as they weave their wicked way through all of Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies in one wild ride that will leave you breathless and helpless with laughter. Warning! This show is a high-speed roller-coaster type condensation of all of Shakespeare's plays, and is not recommended for people with heart ailments, bladder problems, inner-ear disorders and/or people inclined to motion sickness. the RSC cannot be held responsible for expectant mothers!
- company website

Notes:
the first, one-hour version of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (written by Winfield, Long & Singer) premieres And the company performs it At the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. the company thinks that this will be its swan song. Instead, interest in the RSC begins to snowball. Full length show has Additional material by Reed Martin

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Reduced Shakespeare Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Theatre Record Volume XXXI (2011) Issue 07 Page 354

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Complete World of Sports, The (abridged)

Synopsis:
From the earliest cavemen playing 'Neanderthal in the Middle' to your own kid's soccer practice, the entire history of athletic competition will be regurgitated in a tour de france of physical theater, at a level of sophistication and pathos that only the RSC can muster. It'll be a marathon of madness and mayhem as the world's great sporting events are shrunk down to theatrical size. Is Bowling really a sport? What about Poker or Competitive Eating? Which is more boring - Baseball or Cricket? Who invented Curling and Synchronized Swimming and why in the world are they in the Olympics? Can't Tiger Woods demand that the Master's Green Jacket be slightly less green'?
- company website

Notes:
written by Martin And Tichenor

1st Produced:
-    2010

Organisations:
Reduced Shakespeare Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Completely Hollywood (abridged)

Synopsis:
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the theater . . .the Reduced Shakespeare Company boldly goes where few would dare - Tinseltown! America's 'bad boys of abridgement' take on America's largest cultural and economic export (well, except for weapons) in this seriously silly show biz satire. Get your clapper boards ready! the RSC rummage through the reels and flick through the films in this riotous carnival of the classics. Giving Hollywood more than just a nip and a tuck, they cut through the celluloid to condense the 197 greatest films in Hollywood's over-100 year history into a complete compilation of classic cinematic cliches - plus a few brand new cliches they just made up.
- company website

Notes:
(written by Martin And Tichenor, Additional material by original cast member Dominic Conti)

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Reduced Shakespeare Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Greatest Story Ever Sold

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
written by Martin And Tichenor

1st Produced:
-    2000

Organisations:
Reduced Shakespeare Company

1st Published:
written by Martin and Tichenor   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Hamlet

Synopsis:
a twenty-minute version of Hamlet

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Renaissance Faires outside of Los Angeles    1981

Organisations:
Reduced Shakespeare Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
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Romeo and Juliet

Synopsis:
a twenty-minute version of Romeo and Juliet

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Renaissance Faires outside of Los Angeles    1983

Organisations:
Reduced Shakespeare Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
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Further Reference:
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Western Civilization: the Complete Musical (abridged)

Synopsis:
From Beowulf to Baywatch! they shook up Shakespeare. they annihilated American History. they abridged the Bible. And now, the Reduced Shakespeare Company massacres the Millennium with a brand new reduction - Western Civilization: the Complete Musical (abridged) - a musical/comedy version of the last 1000 years! It's Apocalypse Postponed as the Bad Boys of Abridgment dissect 1000 years of world history in order to prevent the dawn of Judgment Day. In their first musical, the RSC turns their twisted sensibilities to the most famous and infamous characters, discoveries and events of the millennium. the last 1000 years will never be the same! One thousand years in one hundred minutes! the end of the Millennium only comes around every six or seven centuries. You're gonna laugh like it's 1499 and the music will knock you out!
- company website

Notes:
new title for Millenium

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
Reduced Shakespeare Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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