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A British mini-series consisting of four [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] plays updated to the modern day with modern sensibilities.

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===The series overall===
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]

===[[Much Ado About Nothing]]===
* [[The Alcoholic]]: Don
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: As usual.
* [[Brainless Beauty]]: Hero starts out this way.
* [[Celebrity Paradox]]: Shakespeare exists in universe, but it is never stated as to whether the play the story is based on was written.
* [[Daddy's Girl]]: Hero
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Benedick. Beatrice also has a reddish tint to her hair, she also attends the costume party as Elizabeth I, another well known [[Fiery Redhead]].
* [[Hot Scoop]]
* [[Human Interest Story]]: Beatrice wants to cover one about the closure of a nursing home.
* [[Monster Clown]]: Invoked by Don's creepy party costume.
* [[Nice Guy]]: Peter the director.
* [[Those Two Guys]]: The security guards.

===[[Macbeth]]===
* [[A Father to His Men]]: Macbeth
* [[Asshole Victim]]: Duncan
* [[Knowledge Broker]]: They're binmen, they know everything.
* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Macbeth

===[[The Taming of the Shrew]]===
* [[Beleaguered Assistant]]: Tim
* [[Berserk Button]]: Kate, she's like a female Don from ''[[Sexy Beast]]''.
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: The first thing Petruchio does is to break open a door to his his only friend, Harry.
* [[Crossdresser]]: Petruchio gets these urges sometimes, usually at the most inappropriate moments.
* [[Drowning My Sorrows]]: Harry does this after Bianca dumps him.
* [[Gold Digger]]: Petruchio wants to get to married to pay off his debts.
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Kate seems permanently furious.
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: Petruchio gets over hangovers by fighting them.
* [[Impoverished Patrician]]: Petruchio has a title and an estate but no liquid assets.
* [[Love At First Sight]]: Petruchio to Kate (surprisingly).
* [[Missing Mom]]: Petruchio's mother left when he was six.
* [[The Nameless]]: Petruchio is never named as such in the entirety of the film.
* [[The Napoleon]]: Kate gets this treatment especially coupled with her political aspirations.
* [[Prenup Blowup]]
* [[Romancing the Widow]]: Harry
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Kate and Bianca respectively.
* [[The Wonka]]: Petruchio, his eccentricity and his cavalier attitude allows him to court Kate successfully.
* [[Workaholic]]: Kate's diary has a full work day but in the evening she's emptying the bin.

===[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]===
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: Puck does this constantly.
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Titania and Oberon.

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