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Originally Posted by Penguin
And Shakespeare is as funny as MP?  |
In my high school all the English & literature classes used to do a yearly field trip to the Cincinnati Playhouse, they would put on matinees of "classic" plays for all the local school systems.
One year they did "Twelfth Night." I didn't think Shakespearean comedy was LOL funny from just reading it off the page... but you must remember that, just like the tragedies, those works were meant to be performed - not read. And I think the comedy in particular loses something without the live performance. But anyway - seeing that production completely changed my appreciation for Shakespeare as a comedic playwright, because what happened was that an entire theater of high school kids, most of whom would never in a million years read Shakespeare given the choice, ended up falling out of their seats laughing at that performance. It was AWESOME.
And may I also recommend:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107616/
It's been a while since I've seen it but I remember finding it most amusing.