The Complete History Of America (abridged)

by Adam Long, Austin Tichenor, Reed Martin

Book Overview

"...Just as the company's members good-naturedly bash the Bard in THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED), so do they cheerfully run riot over five-hundred years of our country's history. During the manic, ninety-minute program... they] mine dozens of landmark events and trends for comic gold... Not only do they know how to give American history an irreverent boost, they actually turn it into something accessible and alive." Pamela Sommers,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881453331
• ISBN13: 9780881453331
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Broadway Play Publishing
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

The best play I have ever seen

This script is the best play I have ever seen. It pokes fun at everything, from Anerigo Vespucci to Richard Nixon and everyone inbetween. I use 10 minutes of it for this humorous inter. and my only regrets are that I cant memorize the whole thing on my own and that the time limit is only 10 minutes. By far the most hilarious script you'll find, and definately worth buying, if only to have a good hundred laughs a minute or so.

Well worth reading

This script is really very funny. It has made me laugh out load on many occasions. Many of the scenes are funny just to think about. Whilst it is not to be taken seriously, it does give a broad, and very funny, overview of American History. However this is a script, not a novel, and i would highly recommend that if you buy the script, in order to make the most out of it and understand it completely, that you also see the play performed, if you can, because it brings the script alive. It is a measure of just how good this book is, when you think its funny even without having seen it performed.

Who needs World History 101?

I stumbled onto this play, looking for other things- my teacher had lost my homework and I was checking her desk for it. Sadly, the homework never turned up, but, I did find this incredibly funny play. Adam, Reed, and Austin will keep you laughing through all 92 pages of the play (and even after). There witty-take on American history left me laughing for a good three weeks. Now, everytime I see the book I have to pick it up and read a few scenes. What I really enjoyed about this book is the way they can look back on any point in history and make it funny. I recommend this book to all people who want a good laugh- there is every kind of humor in this play- so anyone can find something they will enjoy in this book.

History is boring....the RSC are FUNNY!!

I have seen the Reduced Shakespeare Company perform this play and these guys are absolutely hysterical! This book provides a very funny overview of the History of America. Even if you find history boring like I do, they make all of the events easily accessible and extremely entertaining. They make merry on every topic - whether it be how America was REALLY discovered to what really happened with JFK, Lincoln, and Lucille Ball! These guys are truly clever, quick and funny and I can recommend this and their other books highly.

Pun with American History

Groucho Marx does the History of America using sound bites and Lucy Ricardo. An irreverent look at our past through new eyes, at a high rate of speed. Sharp satire makes hilarious the solemnly held beliefs we've held in the past. I laughed out loud, again and again.