Shake, Mr. Shakespeare

Synopsis

Comedic short featuring Shakespeare's notable characters; many performing musical numbers. An assistant director is told to read all Shakespeare’s works in order to mine them for potential film plots. Falling asleep on the job, he dreams of various Shakespearean characters coming to life from the pages of giant books and singing and dancing in celebration of their "goin’ Hollywood." The characters appearing include Romeo, Juliet, Juliet’s Nurse, Puck, Peter Quince, Hamlet, Old Hamlet’s Ghost, Falstaff, Antony, Cleopatra, and Macbeth. Shakespeare appears toward the end of the film to object, but he is quickly convinced by his characters to join a big song and dance routine. Includes passing references to a number of familiar Shakespearean scenes including Hamlet’s "to be or not to be" soliloquy, Romeo and Juliet’s balcony scene, Hamlet with Yorick’s skull, and Enobarbus’ speech on Cleopatra’s barge.

Main Cast

Carolyn Marsh

Juliet

Age : N/A | Popularity : 1%

Allan Mann

Romeo

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

William Hall

Marc Antony

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Frank Jaquet

Falstaff

Age : N/A | Popularity : 11%

Harry Shannon

Macbeth

Age : 74 | Popularity : 41%

John Bohn

Age : 80 | Popularity : 0%

Richard Lane

Mr. Smith

Age : N/A | Popularity : 14%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Roy Mack
Writing	Story	Cyrus Wood
Sound	Music	David Mendoza
Editing	Editor	Bert Frank
Department	Role	Name

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