'Smokey and the Bandit' is an old comedy that first hit the screens in 1977. The type of comedy that this would fall under is a Farce. A farce is a "comedy designed to provoke the audience to simple, hearty laughter.
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In the upcoming staging of Shakespeare’s comedy Twelfth Night, or What You Will, a countess falls in love with a man who may be a woman, a sister grieves for a brother who may not be dead, and a love triangle ensues, albeit one that involves a cross-dresser. ... Nothing is what it seems in this play, ... During the violent wreck,
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Charles and Mary are both interested in Shakespeare. A young man becomes involved in their lives who has discovered new Shakespeare papers. Are they authentic or are they not? That is the question. This is a short, quick, fun read.
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All of this is appropriate and even fresh in its application to Shakespeare's lively farce about two sets of separated twins (improbably, each pair sharing a name, and each Dromio the servant of an Antipholus).
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Lees-McRae Actors Tackle Shakespeare Farce; The Merry Wives of Windsor Opens Wednesday; By Jeff Eason; ... Kate Shaw, Kirsten Davis and Patrick Corey star in the new production of the Shakespeare farce The Merry Wives of Windsor at Lees-McRae College. Photo by Jeff Eason;
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Lights, camera, action -- there's plenty of it in Ken Ludwig's fantastical farce ''Shakespeare in Hollywood," receiving its New England premiere at the Lyric Stage Company. ... Lyric Stage's 'Shakespeare' is a tour de farce...
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Idaho's premier professional repertory theatre company performs Shakespeare in a world-class, outdoor amphitheatre beside the Boise Rive ... Cafe Shakespeare ... Double your pleasure with a fantastic Shakespearean farce. When twin brothers and their twin servants are unexpectedly reunited after three decades apart,
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Diana Rigg, David Warner, Ian Richardson, Judi Dench and Ian Holm star in Shakespeare's farce, presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company. ... Diana Rigg, David Warner, Ian Richardson, Judi Dench and Ian Holm star in Shakespeare's farce, presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Mismatched lovers, supernatural beings and...
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The Award Winning Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan Festival! ... a rollicking farce featuring the antics of the incomparable rogue Sir John Falstaff, and The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare’s brilliant exploration of prejudice and usury. Stay tuned for more information about our 2010 season and click here for upcoming events.
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Soul of the Age: A Biography of the Mind of William Shakespeare by Jonathan Bate ... Jonathan Bate is one of the great Shakespeare scholar/editors of the late 20th-early 21st century.  He belongs in the company of such early 20th century greats as E. K. Chambers, J. D. Wilson and Alfred Harbage;
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