more

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: ABRIDGED was written and first performed by the Reduced Shakespeare Company in 1997 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It was preformed in the Criterion Theatre in London for nine years, breaking the previous record held by Run For Your Wife which ran for only six. It’s a fast-paced parody of thirty-six plays by William Shakespeare with each play taking around two minutes or less. The play is usually performed by an all male cast of three who will speak directly to the audience and improvise throughout. Its most known however not for breaking records or the unusual casting but for the condensing the usually four hour-long play, Hamlet, into a stunning 43 seconds.

history of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged

The play was written by the Reduced Shakespeare Company, and first performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1987. It’s a parody of the plays by William Shakespeare, it is usually performed by three men who play all the parts. They usually speak directly to the audience and improvise. Was performed in the Criterion Theatre in London for nine years breaking the previous record. It is most notable for condensing the usually four hours play, Hamlet, into a stunning 43 seconds.

Crazy Eights

Name: Crazy Eights
Year: 2007
Genre: Action Horror
Rating: R for violence, disturbing images, and language (not much gore though)

Plot Outline:
Six friends reunite after 20 years at a mutual childhood friend's funeral. A search through their deceased friend's house reveals a map to a trunk. The map spurs the friends to find it and dig it up. After uncovering the trunk, the unexpected is found ... the rotted remains of a child. A child from a past they've long forgotten, a child that begins to haunt their every waking moment and makes them question who they really are. The closer they come to remembering the circumstances of the mysterious child's death, the closer they come to their own reckoning.

Review:
Wonderful premise for a movie with a whole lot of problems. The acting is sub-par and the pacing is a little Ehh. It starts off slow and if you make it through the beginning then it only gets worse. Characters with no common sense and a main story line that is a little less than believable are all through out this piece of "art". I found it hard to even devote my full attention to it as it was very boring and confusing. Defiantly not worth the four dollars I spent renting it. In conclusion if your looking for some thing to watch that isn't a piece of crap then look somewhere else.