{"id":17912,"date":"2013-10-31T12:07:40","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T12:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=17912"},"modified":"2015-10-07T10:45:15","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T10:45:15","slug":"the-bard-for-the-bored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/culture\/the-bard-for-the-bored","title":{"rendered":"The Bard for the Bored"},"content":{"rendered":"

37 Shakespeare plays in 97 minutes! Blink and you\u2019ll miss this fast-paced show<\/h2>\n
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The Reduced Shakespeare Company is currently touring the UK. Image credit Karl Andre<\/p><\/div>\n

It is sometimes said<\/a> that attention spans are shorter these days, yet one theatre group is determined to show that Shakespeare can still hold sway in the internet age \u2013 by performing 37 of the Bard\u2019s plays in 97 minutes.<\/p>\n

The Reduced Shakespeare Company is bringing its Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)<\/em> to the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama on 12 November. But how do they condense some of the English language\u2019s greatest literary works into such a short time?<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cut out all the boring bits and get right to the sex and the violence\u201d, explains Gary Fannin of the American troupe. \u201cJulius Caesar<\/em> is done and buried in about 60 seconds. Hamlet<\/em> on the other hand takes all of the second act to cover.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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