Wow! Byron the Quokka here, with fabulous news! Quokka University has just acquired the exclusive rights to an exclusive TV series, Shakespeare For Persons Who Can’t Hardly Talk.
What’s wrong with Shakespeare? Half the time you don’t know what the heck he’s talking about; and the rest of the time, the plays are too blamed long!
Well, they’ve fixed that. For example, this new improved version of the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo: Yo!
Juliet: Hey.
Romeo: Hey.
Juliet: That you?
Romeo: See ya. [Exit Romeo and Juliet]
See how much time and space that saves? Heck, when they do Macbeth, it’s only twenty minutes!
Catch ya later, dude!
Hi, Byron. Very cute.
Actually, there used to be a comedy troupe that did a 10-minute condensed version of “Hamlet.” They showed up at a couple of professional Renaissance conferences that I attended, and they were hilarious.
I wished I’d seen that.