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Play
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)
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  • Female: 0
  • Male: 2
Style
Comedic
Length
Long
Time Period
Contemporary
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Any theater stage/Present day
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Hamlet Part 4 (Again, Faster, Backwards!)

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Start: Adam: Ladies and gentlemen, that was ‘The Complete Works of William Shakespeare,’ but we have a few more minutes, so we’re going to go through ‘Hamlet ' one more time, very quickly. I just want to make a brief announcement because we have some children in the audience. You’ve seen a lot of swords being used here, a lot of props flying back and forth, we make these things look simple, but really they’re very difficult and very dangerous. Please keep in mind that [the three of us] are trained professionals.

All: Do not try this at home!

Adam: Yeah. Go over to a friend’s house.

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End: J/Hamlet: Denmark of state the in rotten is something.

D/Horatio: Yesternight father your saw I think I, Lord my.

J/Hamlet: Melt would flesh solid too too this that O.

All: You thank!!! (All bow and exit)

The Reduced Shakespeare Co, The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged), Broadway Play Publishing, 1994, pp. 104-109.

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