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And so, ladies and gentlemen, for one night only, would you please welcome to the stage, Mr. William Shakespeare. My name is Shakespeare William. I owned a feather quill. I am the writer most familiar to you. My way with words amazes me. Came up with so many phrases, me, that still the number dazes me too. Oh, you gotta be cruel to be kind. If truth were known, love is blind. Yeah, each of these quotes you will find. It's what I do. Seen better days. That's one of his. A solid day. He is the best. All the world's a stage. They call me Billy Wills. May seem kind of scary. I'm a walking dictionary. Sturdy with the wordy Shakespeare. Quality of mercy is not strange. Such stuff as dreams are made. Off with his head, my phrases you'll know. This is the short and long of it. Brevity is the soul of wit. As good luck would have it, you can quote. Oh, you suffered green-eyed jealousy. Please do not stand on ceremony. I wrote the Queen's English, Queen's English, I. It's Greek to me. That's a Shakespeare line. Meat and drink to me. He was the first to combine. Infinite variety. Yeah, that was one of mine. Don't call me flaky. I'm William Shakey. Not lazy with the phrasey Shakespeare. I was the greatest. I was ace. To find a better rider, that's a wild goose chase. I was truly brilliant, which is why I sing. You can't have too much of a good thing. If music be the food of love, play on. Ed to Brutay. Did you ever know? Forever and a day. From a Shakespeare show. Good riddance, fair play. Pure as the driven snow. High time, Lilo. Wherefore art thou Romeo? The nation's favourite bar Shakespeare. Doobie doobie doobie. Toobie or not toobie. Shoobie doobie doobie Shakespeare. When it came to the art of words, Tudor playwright William Shakespeare was phenomenon. Phenomenon. Phenomenon. He was good. Sir, thou didst spill my ale. Aye, sir. What of that? You challenged me, iffy. What of it? Leave it, Thomas. He's not worthy. Unhand me, Tina. This man has insulted me. Aye, sir. And will again. In that case, I challenge you to a duel. Name your weapon. I choose words. Words? That's unusual. But I accept. Don't you know who that is? No, and neither do I care. That's Will Shakespeare. I mean, you've seen his plays. You can't fight him with words. No one can beat him. Stubborn nonsense, Tina. I will out-insult this man with ease. Fight. Fight. Fight. Fight. Come now, sir. Blast me with your tongue. Vassal. Villainous villain. Finished? No. Hang on. Thou art a saucy rogue. A saucy rogue. How can I respond to a beslubbered, pebbling, churlish clodpore, beef-witted, gleeking bum-bailey, a gore-bellied, mewling, hedge-borne, onion-eyed, Fustelarian cobbler. What? Silence, you flap-eared, knotty-painted measle. You ruttish, reeking coxcomb. You hugga-mugga-moldworm. You pottle-deep, maggot-pie loodster. We'll finish him off. Yeasty, tickle-brain, way-faced, knot-hooked, skeins-maid. Still the champion. Any of you clay-brained fools want a piece of me? Shakespeare was a genius with words. He invented 1,700 of them, many of which have become household words. In fact, he came up with the phrase household words as well. As well as art, Queen Elizabeth loved plays by Shakespeare, especially one called Titus Andronicus, in which Roman Emperor Titus serves up an unusual pie to one unfortunate woman. Is the pie made from A, her two dogs, B, her two sons, or C, leek and broccoli? The answer is B. The pie was made out of her two sons. Yes, Shakespeare wrote some truly unforgettable things. May we have our next contestant, please? Hello. Your name, please. William Shakespeare. And your occupation? One that doth make words to dance upon the page and thence into the ear of the throng. I'm sorry, I don't quite... I write plays. Right, well, why didn't you just say so? And your chosen specialised subject? Phrases what I made up. William Shakespeare, you have two minutes on phrases what you made up, starting from now. To be or not to be, that is the question. I know it is. I'm sorry? I know that's the question. You just asked me it. No, the question is, did you make it up? You just said the question was to be or not to be. To be or not to be, that is the question. Is the question. Oh, yes, I see. Yes, I did make that up. Correct. Good riddance. I've only just arrived. No, did you invent the phrase good riddance? Yes, I did. Correct. Heart of gold. Oh, thank you. That's very flattering. No, were you the first person to use the phrase heart of gold? Yes, I was. Correct. Dead as a doornail. Oh, yes, that is one of mine. Henry VI, part two, the sequel. Correct. Wild goose chase. Oh, yes, that's mine. Are they still using that? They are indeed. Correct. Knock, knock, who's there? No, that's wrong. You say knock, knock, then I say who's there? No. Did you invent it? What? Knock, knock. Who's there? No. No, who? No. Did you come up with the phrase knock, knock, who's there? Yes, I did. Correct. For goodness sake. Oh, that's one of mine, too. Correct. All the world's... I've started, so I'll finish. No, that's one of yours. Correct. William Shakespeare. At the end of that round, you have scored eight points. Sorry, is this what you do for entertainment nowadays? Yes, it is, yes. I think I prefer the theatre. Get out of the chair now. OK.