Side-spliting humor and unforgivable irreverence to the Bard

If I were asked the funniest play that read I would answer "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)." Now I can answer the same if I were asked the funniest book I have ever read. All hail to Jess Winfield, Daniel Singer, and Adam Long! The gang has sucessfully written a very intricate and accurate book of William Shakespeare and his complete works. Wait -- they have distorted and sucessfully gutted some of the most perfect pieces of literature ever written and it is absolutely perfect. While reading the book make sure to take the time to read ALL the footnotes. You will really appreciate the tactful placement of every irreverent word and insite into the life and works of William Shakespeare that Jess, Adam, Jess, Daniel, and Jess have. Definately a must read and certianly a must see.

amazing

wow . . . our high school's drama club was going to do this play (it got cancelled unfortunately). we all loved it! at rehearsals, we probably spent more time laughing over the footnotes (i usually despise footnotes, but these are great) than we did actually rehearsing the play. anyway, this is a work of literary genius. i hate shakespeare, so i love this. most of the drama club loves shakespeare, and they love this too! everyone still has their copies, and still read them. this is definitely on my top 10 list!

Hilariously Funny!!

The Reduced Shakespeare Company is so funny!!! I would especially recomend this to highschoolers who find normal Shakespeare dry and boring. (that would be me) But my parents which are in their 40s also enjoyed this so its great for everyone. It makes shakespeare so much more interesting. They find very creative ways to retell Shakspeare's classic tales that are so funny and comical. I actually prefer the cd to the book though 'cause that is what they originally wrote the script for. THEY ARE HILARIOUS!!!