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With Chris Bean back at the helm, the CPDS stages a classic Shakespeare tragedy [[WilliamFakespeare (well, written by Colin Shakespeare's lesser known cousin Simon Shakespeare, that is)]]. In Tudor England, King Walter has set up his bastard son, Prince Richard, to be next in line to rule, to the objections of his wife, Queen Isobel, and Malcolm his covetous brother and the Queen's secret lover. Upon going to war in France, Richard is surprised to find Prince Louis, the Prince Regent of France, is his long-lost identical twin brother. This discovery sparks a succession crisis in the English monarchy as the two princes conflict over the throne.

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With Chris Bean back at the helm, the CPDS stages a classic Shakespeare tragedy [[WilliamFakespeare (well, written by Colin Shakespeare's lesser known cousin Simon Shakespeare, that is)]]. In Tudor England, King Walter has set up his bastard son, son Prince Richard, Richard to be next in line to rule, to the objections of his wife, wife Queen Isobel, Isobel and Malcolm Prince Malcolm, his covetous brother and (and the Queen's secret lover.lover). Upon going to war in France, Richard is surprised to find Prince Louis, the Prince Regent of France, is his long-lost identical twin brother. This discovery sparks a succession crisis in the English monarchy as the two princes conflict over the throne.
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* BlackKnight: Malcolm (Jonathan) spends the whole play in a suit of black plate armour and serves as Queen Isobel's [[TheDragon Dragon]]. Jonathan is barely able to move in the heavy and poorly oiled suit, however, and comes off as more ineffectual than sinister and intimidating.

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* BlackKnight: Malcolm (Jonathan) spends the whole play in a suit of black plate armour and serves as TheDragon to Queen Isobel's [[TheDragon Dragon]]. Jonathan is barely able Isobel. Jonathan's inability to speak or move properly in the heavy and poorly oiled heavy, poorly-oiled suit, however, and comes make him come off as more ineffectual than sinister and intimidating.



* LadyMacbeth: The Queen is conspiring with the King's brother Malcolm to take the throne.

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* LadyMacbeth: The Appropriately for a pseudo-Shakespearean play, the Queen is conspiring with the King's brother Malcolm to take the throne.throne and serves as the driving force behind Malcolm's ambition.

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With Chris Bean back at the helm, the CPDS stages a classic Shakespeare tragedy [[WilliamFakespeare (well, written by Colin Shakespeare's lesser known cousin Simon Shakespeare, that is)]]. In Tudor England, King Walter has set up his bastard son, Prince Richard, to be next in line to rule, to the objection of his wife, Queen Isobel, and covetous brother, Malcolm, the Queen's secret lover. Upon going to war in France, Richard is surprised to find Prince Louis, the Prince Regent of France, is his long-lost identical twin brother. This discovery sparks a succession crisis in the English monarchy as the two princes conflict over the throne.

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With Chris Bean back at the helm, the CPDS stages a classic Shakespeare tragedy [[WilliamFakespeare (well, written by Colin Shakespeare's lesser known cousin Simon Shakespeare, that is)]]. In Tudor England, King Walter has set up his bastard son, Prince Richard, to be next in line to rule, to the objection objections of his wife, Queen Isobel, and Malcolm his covetous brother, Malcolm, brother and the Queen's secret lover. Upon going to war in France, Richard is surprised to find Prince Louis, the Prince Regent of France, is his long-lost identical twin brother. This discovery sparks a succession crisis in the English monarchy as the two princes conflict over the throne.


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* BlackKnight: Malcolm (Jonathan) spends the whole play in a suit of black plate armour and serves as Queen Isobel's [[TheDragon Dragon]]. Jonathan is barely able to move in the heavy and poorly oiled suit, however, and comes off as more ineffectual than sinister and intimidating.
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With Chris Bean back at the helm, the CPDS stages a classic Shakespeare tragedy [[WilliamFakespeare (well, written by Colin Shakespeare's lesser known cousin Simon Shakespeare, that is)]]. In Tudor England, King Walter and Queen Isobel have set up their son, Prince Richard, to be next in line to rule. Upon going to war in France, Richard is surprised to find Prince Louis, the Prince Regent of France, is his long-lost identical twin brother. This discovery sparks a succession crisis in the English monarchy as the two princes conflict over the throne.

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With Chris Bean back at the helm, the CPDS stages a classic Shakespeare tragedy [[WilliamFakespeare (well, written by Colin Shakespeare's lesser known cousin Simon Shakespeare, that is)]]. In Tudor England, King Walter and Queen Isobel have has set up their his bastard son, Prince Richard, to be next in line to rule.rule, to the objection of his wife, Queen Isobel, and covetous brother, Malcolm, the Queen's secret lover. Upon going to war in France, Richard is surprised to find Prince Louis, the Prince Regent of France, is his long-lost identical twin brother. This discovery sparks a succession crisis in the English monarchy as the two princes conflict over the throne.
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* WilliamFakespeare: Doubly so, for this Shakespeare tragedy is revealed to have been penned by Simon Shakespeare, the lesser-known cousin of Colin Shakespeare.

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* WilliamFakespeare: Doubly so, for this Shakespeare tragedy is revealed to have been penned by Simon Shakespeare, the lesser-known "much less well-known and much less well-regarded" cousin of Colin Shakespeare.
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* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: To be expected from a Shakespeare play, but the actors engage in this even when saying unscripted and/or improvised material.
-->'''Dennis:''' Tarry a moment, for, um... for, um... 'tis about the king.\\
'''Vanessa:''' Prithee, tell me!\\
'''Dennis:''' 'Tis it about the king?\\
'''Vanessa:''' ''Yes...'' methinks it ''is...'' You-- bring me news of the king's health.\\
'''Dennis:''' Methinks... methinks the king is well.\\
'''Vanessa:''' No.\\
'''Dennis:''' The king is dead.\\
'''Vanessa:''' Mhm.\\
'''Dennis:''' Aye, the king is well dead! But the worst is still to come, for, er... er... aye, he was murdered by Chris!\\
'''Vanessa:''' Prithee, but... who doth Chris ''play?''\\
'''Dennis:''' The king.\\
'''Vanessa:''' Nay. The king didn't kill the ''king,'' did he?
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* WilliamFakespeare: Doubly so, for this Shakespeare tragedy is revealed to have been penned by Simon Shakespeare, the lesser-known cousin of Colin Shakespeare.
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With Chris Bean back at the helm, the CPDS stages a classic Shakespeare tragedy (well, written by Simon Shakespeare's lesser known cousin Colin Shakespeare, that is). In Tudor England, King Walter and Queen Isobel have set up their son, Prince Richard, to be next in line to rule. Upon going to war in France, Richard is surprised to find Prince Louis, the Prince Regent of France, is his long-lost identical twin brother. This discovery sparks a succession crisis in the English monarchy as the two princes conflict over the throne.

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With Chris Bean back at the helm, the CPDS stages a classic Shakespeare tragedy [[WilliamFakespeare (well, written by Simon Colin Shakespeare's lesser known cousin Colin Simon Shakespeare, that is).is)]]. In Tudor England, King Walter and Queen Isobel have set up their son, Prince Richard, to be next in line to rule. Upon going to war in France, Richard is surprised to find Prince Louis, the Prince Regent of France, is his long-lost identical twin brother. This discovery sparks a succession crisis in the English monarchy as the two princes conflict over the throne.
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* OfficiallyShortenedTitle: The play is titled ''The Most Lamentable...'' with an ellipsis, onscreen and in Cornley's records. The full unabridged official title is -- '''''The Most Lamentable Tragedy of the Prince of England and His Long-Lost Twin Brother, Prince Regent of France, and the Problems Therein Experienced By All When They Came to Know of One Another After a Battle'''''.

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* OfficiallyShortenedTitle: The play is officially titled ''The Most Lamentable...'' with an ellipsis, onscreen and in Cornley's records. The full unabridged official title is -- '''''The Most Lamentable Tragedy of the Prince of England and His Long-Lost Twin Brother, Prince Regent of France, and the Problems Therein Experienced By All When They Came to Know of One Another After a Battle'''''.
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* OfficiallyShortenedTitle: The play is titled ''The Most Lamentable...'' onscreen and in Cornley's records. The full unabridged title is... '''''The Most Lamentable Tragedy of the Prince of England and His Long-Lost Twin Brother, Prince Regent of France, and the Problems Therein Experienced By All When They Came to Know of One Another After a Battle'''''.

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* OfficiallyShortenedTitle: The play is titled ''The Most Lamentable...'' with an ellipsis, onscreen and in Cornley's records. The full unabridged official title is... is -- '''''The Most Lamentable Tragedy of the Prince of England and His Long-Lost Twin Brother, Prince Regent of France, and the Problems Therein Experienced By All When They Came to Know of One Another After a Battle'''''.
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* OfficiallyShortenedTitle: The play is titled ''The Most Lamentable...'' onscreen and in Cornley's records. The full unabridged title is... '''''The Most Lamentable Tragedy of the Prince of England and His Long-Lost Twin Brother, Prince Regent of France, and the Problems Therein Experienced By All When They Came to Know of One Another After a Battle'''''.
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* OverlyLongTitle: The play's full unabridged title is... '''''The Most Lamentable Tragedy of the Prince of England and His Long-Lost Twin Brother, Prince Regent of France, and the Problems Therein Experienced By All When They Came to Know of One Another After a Battle'''''.

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* ChekhovsGun: It’s mentioned early on that Richard is the illegitimate son of the King. When Louis is introduced, the King confesses that the mother was the Queen of France, with the two having been separated due to the political ramifications.

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* ChekhovsGun: It’s ChekhovsGun:
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mentioned early on that Richard is the illegitimate son of the King. When Louis is introduced, the King confesses that the mother was the Queen of France, with the two having been separated due to the political ramifications.ramifications.
** ''Outside'' the play, Robert's efforts to save Annie from being crushed by the portcullis result in a gargoyle falling from the wall and being left dangling over the archway. In the finale, Vanessa steps through the gate so that her character can be crowned queen... and in that moment, the gargoyle slips from the arch and lands squarely on her head, knocking her unconscious.
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'''Vanessa:''' ''[screaming in his face and clearly one wrong move away from punching him]'' GET MALCOLM! '''''[=GETMALCOLMNOW=]'''''!!!\\

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'''Vanessa:''' ''[screaming in his face and clearly one wrong move away from punching him]'' GET MALCOLM! '''''[=GETMALCOLMNOW=]'''''!!!\\'''''GET MALCOLM NOW'''''!!!\\
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* RageBreakingPoint: After a season and change of strained patience whenever acting opposite Dennis, culminating in his disastrous failure to "join [her] in fiction!" in this play, Vanessa finally loses her patience with his utter inability to basically do anything required of being an actor when he fails to understand her character's use of iambic pentameter:

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* RageBreakingPoint: After a season and change of strained patience whenever acting opposite Dennis, culminating in his disastrous failure to "join [her] in fiction!" in this play, Vanessa finally loses her patience with his utter inability to basically do anything required lack of being an actor acting ability when he fails to understand her character's use of iambic pentameter:
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Robert, not shy about trying to force himself into every scene, decides he's better off not being part of the increasingly disastrous interaction between the Queen (Vanessa) and the Fool (Dennis).
-->'''Robert:''' I don't even wanna be in this scene. ''[Walks off stage]''
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'''Vanessa:''' ''[screaming in his face and clearly in a mood to punch him]'' GET MALCOLM! '''''[=GETMALCOLMNOW=]'''''!!!\\

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'''Vanessa:''' ''[screaming in his face and clearly in a mood to punch one wrong move away from punching him]'' GET MALCOLM! '''''[=GETMALCOLMNOW=]'''''!!!\\
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'''Vanessa:''' ''[screaming in his face and about to punch him]'' GET MALCOLM! '''''[=GETMALCOLMNOW=]'''''!!!\\

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'''Vanessa:''' ''[screaming in his face and about clearly in a mood to punch him]'' GET MALCOLM! '''''[=GETMALCOLMNOW=]'''''!!!\\
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* OverlyLongTitle: The play's full unabridged title is -- '''''The Most Lamentable Tragedy of the Prince of England and His Long-Lost Twin Brother, Prince Regent of France, and the Problems Therein Experienced By All When They Came to Know of One Another After a Battle'''''.

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* OverlyLongTitle: The play's full unabridged title is -- is... '''''The Most Lamentable Tragedy of the Prince of England and His Long-Lost Twin Brother, Prince Regent of France, and the Problems Therein Experienced By All When They Came to Know of One Another After a Battle'''''.
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With Chris Bean back at the helm, the CPDS stages a classic Shakespearean tragedy (well, written by Simon Shakespeare's lesser known cousin Colin Shakespeare, that is). In Tudor England, King Walter and Queen Isobel have set up their son, Prince Richard, to be next in line to rule. Upon going to war in France, Richard is surprised to find Prince Louis, the Prince Regent of France, is his long-lost identical twin brother. This discovery sparks a succession crisis in the English monarchy as the two princes conflict over the throne.

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With Chris Bean back at the helm, the CPDS stages a classic Shakespearean Shakespeare tragedy (well, written by Simon Shakespeare's lesser known cousin Colin Shakespeare, that is). In Tudor England, King Walter and Queen Isobel have set up their son, Prince Richard, to be next in line to rule. Upon going to war in France, Richard is surprised to find Prince Louis, the Prince Regent of France, is his long-lost identical twin brother. This discovery sparks a succession crisis in the English monarchy as the two princes conflict over the throne.

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