Shakespeare wrote many a sublime line, but our focus for the MOST ABSURD project is on the ludicrous stage directions, cheeky insults, and laugh-out-loud observations that highlight the Bard's lighter side. If you like optical illusions, visual puns, inside jokes, random bears, cats in too-small boxes, rogue pirates, and Scotland represented as an egg yolk, this is for you.
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"Exit, pursued by a bear." - William Shakespeare "Exit, pursued by a bear" is a stage direction from Shakespeare’s "The Winter’s Tale" that is inf...
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"Enter pirates." - Shakespeare Huh? Why, of everything the Bard wrote would we pick this absurd stage direction? Because it was there, my friend....
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"What, you egg! [Stabs him.]" - William Shakespeare Wait, I can explain. It began when we asked our super-smart-Shakespeare-scholar friend what he...
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"Hell is empty, and all the devils are here." - William Shakespeare This line kicks off the second scene of The Tempest. Stunned by the fury of Pr...
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"Better a witty fool than a foolish wit." - William Shakespeare In Shakespeare’s plays, the rich and powerful are sometimes clueless, and the penn...
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"I shall make it felony to drink small beer." - William Shakespeare If you want to enjoy yourself, you’ve got to go big or go home! Seriously, it...
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"For thy part, I do wish thou wert a dog." - William Shakespeare From Timon of Athens, the complete quotation is "For thy part, I do wish thou wer...
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"Lord, what fools these mortals be!" - William Shakespeare This line belongs to Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. One of Shakespeare's most popu...
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"Though I am not naturally honest, I am sometimes so by chance." - William Shakespeare This knee-slapper is spoken by conman/rogue/all-around-ne'e...
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"I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw." - William Shakespeare Hamlet tosses this little mic-dro...
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"I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it." - William Shakespeare What is it about an undersized box that cats find so irresistib...
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