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I meant to include this in my earlier Shakespeare post. The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble page, where I got the link to the Quartos and Folio, also had a link to Parodies, which turns out to be by someone named Richard Nathan. The first one, "A Night In Elsinore," was also (by great coincidence!) the first one I looked into, and I got some smiles in the couple of scenes I examined. I pass it along in case it hold any appeal for lovers of Will, Julius, Leonard, Adolph, Herbert, and Milton.

BERNARDO
Horatio, do you know ought of the Ghost?

HORATIO
Well, I ought to. Hey, that's some funny joke,
eh?

BERNARDO
Come, come, Horatio. Do you know anything
of ghosts?

HORATIO
Sure, I knew an old ghost once. But that was a
long, long time ago. He's probably dead by now.

FRANCISCO
Look! It comes again! The ghost of our late King
Hamlet!

Enter the GHOST, a bright-eyed imp who happens to be mute.

BERNARDO
There is the apparition!

HORATIO
I don't believe it.

The Ghost and Horatio joyously embrace.

BERNARDO
Stay illusion! If thou hast any sound or use of
voice, speak to me!

The Ghost honks a horn.

FRANCISCO
Question it, Horatio.

HORATIO
Hey, Ghost, how ya doing?

The Ghost does a melodramatic death scene.

HORATIO
You're dead, huh? Gee, that's too bad.

The Ghost sits up and nods his head "yes."

FRANCISCO
Ask him about the war!

HORATIO
What war?

FRANCISCO
Ask him if we should go to war with young
Fortinbras!

HORATIO
Hey, Ghost, should we go to war with Fortinbras?

The Ghost shakes his head "no." He hold up ten fingers, and then three fingers.

HORATIO
No. He says Fortinbras is too many. He thinks we
should go to war with thirteen-bras.

The Ghost slaps his knee and goes into fits of silent laughter.

ps: Macbeth meets Star Wars in this video production made by some high school students almost ten years ago. Just because I haven't found time to look at it yet doesn't mean my friends list doesn't contain somebody more intrepid than I. Right?
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