http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50513 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Sat, 18 May 2013 20:18:02 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50513#post-145700 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:22:34 +0000 wallster 145700@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Tarvry much. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50513#post-145693 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:45:43 +0000 The Nage 145693@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Haaaah!!! Bristols! stars </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50513#post-145650 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:12:33 +0000 wallster 145650@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>A recently unearthed manuscript believed to be by the great Bard himself has been identified by literary scholars as an early 'Carry On' comedy.</p> <p>The script is in rough draft and includes many title suggestions such as The Merry Babs of Windsor, Oh Thello, King Leer, The Crumpet of Venice and A Midsummer Night's Bottom, however it appears that the great man had finally settled on a working title of Much Adoooh Matron.</p> <p>The play's characters are a mixed bag taken from many of the writer's other works and a fair amount of dialogue is included in the manuscript, although there's little evidence of a complete plot having been developed.</p> <p>One scene has Henry V saying to Falstaff, 'Can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France? or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt?', to which Falstaff replies 'You can keep your wood well away from my O ducky, forsooth tis not a cockpit. Cheeky'.</p> <p>Later, Duncan is heard to say of Lady MacBeth 'I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks...' to which Lady MacBeth, who is at that moment bending over to pick up a hair brush looks back at Duncan and replies 'Ooh, Saucy!'. Duncan then slaps Lady MacBeth's posterior and walks away with a letcherous 'K-yak-yak-yak'.</p> <p>Gregory Doran, artistic director at the Royal Shakespeare Company is planning to put together a production based on the manuscript at the Globe Theatre next Spring. However he outlines some of the difficulties that the production faces.</p> <p>"All the missing pieces makes it difficult to be certain how to interpret the characters' motivations. For example, in the scene where Richard III is found dressed as a buxom chamber maid while trying to escape the clutches of Henry VII's henchmen, does one perform Richard in the classic Olivier style, or should one aim for a more Hawtryesque performance? </p> <p>Richard III: 'A horse, a horse, my kingdom for...'<br /> Henchman: '...A horse'<br /> Richard III: 'I KNOW!'</p> <p>The final act of the play is an homage to Shakespeare's wife, and is enacted by the man himself. The closing lines appear thus:</p> <p>'To rate her charms, I'd call them heaven; she spikes my heart like shot from pistols, and in her arms I lay my head, my face betwixt her ample sofa cushions'. </p>