Subtitle: 'Classic Lit signs on to Facebook'
This is a harmless enough waste of an evening: the premise is that various characters from the canon of English Literature have joined Facebook, and their stories are told through status updates. Very funny if you know the stories, not so much, of course, if you don't. Happily I have a degree in Eng. Lit. for just this sort of eventuality.
My favourite was the amalgamated Shakepeare's comedies, of which I quote a very little:
Antipholus of Syracuse, Orlando, Oliver, The King of Navarre, Berowne, Longaville, Dumaine, Lucentio, Viola, Olivia, Gratiano, Proteus and
Claudio fell in
Love at First Sight! with
Luciana, Rosalind, Celia, The Princess, Rosaline, Maria, Katherine, Bianca, Orsino, Cesario, Nerissa, Silvia and
Hero.
Oliver, Orlando, Duke Senior and
Duke Frederick are in
Blood FeudsEgeon, Emilia, two Antipholi, Viola and
Sebastian were
Shipwrecked.
And so on. The jokes wear a little thin after a while, as is the way with these things, but it's good for a giggle.
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