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Cast the Muppets into a Shakespeare play!

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tsarstepan
 
Reply Sat 6 Feb, 2010 07:27 pm
All's Well That Ends Well
Antony and Cleopatra
As You Like It
The Comedy of Errors
Coriolanus
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Hamlet
Henry IV, Part I
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Much Ado About Nothing
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tsarstepan
 
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Reply Sat 6 Feb, 2010 07:37 pm
@tsarstepan,
Hamlet = Fonzi Bear
The Ghost = The Swedish Chef
Claudius = Kermit. Kermit would be the too predictable choice for Hamlet, so I would choose to buck the so obvious choice and assign him the role of the villain.
Gertrude = Miss Piggy
Polonius = Sam the Eagle
Ophelia = Janice
Laertes = Rizzo the Rat
Horatio = Gonzo
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern = Statler and Waldorf
Fortinbras = Scooter
Osric = Pepe the King Prawn
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Quincy
 
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Reply Mon 8 Feb, 2010 08:04 am
Yes! What a great idea! I loved, and still love, the Muppets. This could be a great way to introduce kids to Shakespeare and get them excited about his work. Modernising the language would be a good idea too, I think.

I'd certainly watch such a production.
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George
 
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Reply Mon 8 Feb, 2010 09:10 pm
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Gargamel
 
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Reply Mon 8 Feb, 2010 09:21 pm
Here's Othello, obviously.
http://www.gunaxin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/BunsenHoneydew.jpg

"Put out the light, or put out the light?"
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parados
 
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Reply Mon 8 Feb, 2010 10:27 pm
@tsarstepan,
The Tempest

Prospero - Fozzi Bear
Caliban - Animal
Miranda - Miss Piggy (casting against type but would she accept any other role?)
Antonio - Sam the Eagle
Ariel - Gonzo
Ferdinand - Kermie (Because Miss Piggy demands it)
Alonso (King of Naples) - Rowlf the Dog
Sebastion (The King's brother)- Lew Zealand
The spirits - Statler and Waldorf
Trinculo -(jester) -Beaker
Stephano (drunken Butler) Swedish Chef
plainoldme
 
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Reply Tue 16 Mar, 2010 07:14 am
@parados,
Casting Animal as Caliban is brilliant.
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Reply Tue 16 Mar, 2010 07:25 am
Romeo and Juliet gotta be kermit and Miss Piggy.

Also Miss Piggy would make an awesome Shrew.
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dlowan
 
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Reply Tue 16 Mar, 2010 07:32 am
@plainoldme,
plainoldme wrote:

Casting Animal as Caliban is brilliant.


Kermit would be cool as Caliban...it would give him a chance to ACT!
plainoldme
 
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Reply Tue 16 Mar, 2010 11:51 am
@dlowan,
That's funny!
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