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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (2000)
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Original name: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Three men perform the entire 37 play canon from William Shakespeare in under two hours. A lot of quick costume changes and even more laughs.
Style:
parody, fast paced, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, sketch comedy, offbeat, absurd, cult classic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
shakespeare, theater, stage play, satire, theatrical troupe, theatre play, irreverent, live performance, pun, adaptation, dark humor, rap, professor, drag queen, female impersonator, theatre audience, breaking the fourth wall, live audience, filmed play, audience participation, shakespeare play, talking to the audience
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, satirical, entertaining and semi serious films with plots about satire, irreverent, humour, live performance, dark humor, improv and comedian mostly in Comedy genres. Some movies like The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: House of Lies Live (2013), Cunk on Shakespeare (2016), Oh, Hello on Broadway (2017), Cardinal Burns (2012), The Armstrong and Miller Show (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 30 min.
Story:
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Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Duration: 30 min.
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British sketch show starring Harry Enfield.
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Duration: 30 min.
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