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** Actually, it's never quite clear whether Hamlet is faking being insane, or if he really has gone whackadoodle.
* On another Shakespeare note, [[Henry V]] before he ascended to the throne. He made himself out as a teen to be a drunkard completely unfit for the crown, so that when he finally ascended in all its glory, he made it appear as if God himself made him king.
* [[William Shakespeare
* In [[Stephen Schwartz]]' musical ''[[Wicked (
** Also, Fiyero. Even his [[Character Song]], "Dancing Through Life", implies that he's just putting on an act. It's even more clear when he asks Elphaba if she really thinks he's stupid. ([[Character Development|Until that point in time, she had.]]) She also points out that he's not really self-centered or shallow. After that scene, even Glinda begins to notice that he's not really stupid ("I'm so worried! It's Fiyero! He's been ''[gasp]'' thinking!"), self-centered ( {{spoiler|he sacrifices himself to save Elphaba}}) or shallow, and that the whole things was just an act (''[about them getting married]'' Galinda: "But it'll make you happy too, right?" Fiyero: "...I'm always happy" ''[runs offstage]'')
* In ''[[Hairspray]]'', Corny Collins doesn't act stupid, but rather resigned to the fact that his hands are tied, while secretly prepping events for Tracy and co to revolutionize everything for him.
* In the stage production of ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'', Mrs. Meers' two Chinese employees are a lot more aware of what's going on than she realizes. {{spoiler|At the end, it's revealed that the one can understand English "better than [she] can speak Chinese" and thus knew all along that she had no intention of helping them import their mother to the US from Hong Kong. This, of course, leads them to quite willingly testify against her when she's arrested.}}
* Sir Percy Blakeney in the musical ''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel (
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