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"A Shakespearean Baseball Game", subtitled "A Comedy of Errors, Hits and Runs", is a sketch by the Canadian comedy duo Wayne and Shuster. First performed on television in 1958 and slightly revised in 1971 and 1977, the sketch depicts a fictional baseball game with the manager, players, and umpires all speaking in Shakespearean verse. The dialogue parodies lines from the plays Hamlet, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, and Richard III while referencing modern baseball culture. It became Wayne and Shuster's signature sketch, and both its television and radio recordings have been preserved as significant works.

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  • "A Shakespearean Baseball Game", subtitled "A Comedy of Errors, Hits and Runs", is a sketch by the Canadian comedy duo Wayne and Shuster. First performed on television in 1958 and slightly revised in 1971 and 1977, the sketch depicts a fictional baseball game with the manager, players, and umpires all speaking in Shakespearean verse. The dialogue parodies lines from the plays Hamlet, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, and Richard III while referencing modern baseball culture. It became Wayne and Shuster's signature sketch, and both its television and radio recordings have been preserved as significant works. (en)
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  • Bill (2nd base)
  • Harry, Joe and Pete (outfielders)
  • Macduff
  • Richard (3rd base)
  • Rusty (shortstop)
  • Sam (1st base)
  • Sandy (relief pitcher)
  • Team manager
  • Two umpires
  • Yogi/Rocky (catcher)
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  • 1958-05-22 (xsd:date)
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  • 1958-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • Bosworth Field (a baseball stadium near Stratford)
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  • Baseball
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  • Sandy (en)
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  • 2019-01-03 (xsd:date)
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  • Toronto, Ontario (en)
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  • 1958-05-22 (xsd:date)
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  • Lay on Macduff! And watch out for that breaking stuff! (en)
  • Pitchers, catchers, shortstops, lend me your ears. (en)
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  • Bosworth Field (en)
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  • –"A Shakespearean Baseball Game" (en)
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  • Baseball (en)
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  • "A Shakespearean Baseball Game", subtitled "A Comedy of Errors, Hits and Runs", is a sketch by the Canadian comedy duo Wayne and Shuster. First performed on television in 1958 and slightly revised in 1971 and 1977, the sketch depicts a fictional baseball game with the manager, players, and umpires all speaking in Shakespearean verse. The dialogue parodies lines from the plays Hamlet, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, and Richard III while referencing modern baseball culture. It became Wayne and Shuster's signature sketch, and both its television and radio recordings have been preserved as significant works. (en)
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  • A Shakespearean Baseball Game (en)
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