Hilarious act at the New York Renaisance Faire.
Imagine Shakespeare and
Mad Libs and Improv comedy combined.
The actor playing
Shakespeare will periodically
ask the
audience for
something, and then force the other
actors to make up an improvised rhymed poem or song about it. There is also one
person who is chosen from the audience, and he or she has to say the same line
constantly, until it is time for his or her improvised rhyme.
For example, I saw "Gossip Columnist Lear", whose hobbies were "Necrophilia" and "Pokemon". The
best part was at the
end, when Lear's fool had to make up a
Gregorian chant (audience picks the song style too for the songs!) after Lear's
death.
"Here lies the
necrophiliac
he left me all
alone
before he even had the
chance
to
come into his
own (pointing at Lear's deceased children)"