# Shakesperean Sequels
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakesperean-sequels/192194
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [July 31, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakesperean-sequels/192194 "2003-07-31T18:57:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakesperean-sequels/192194/1 "2003-07-31T18:57:36Z")
Old Willy wrote good stuff, but he wasn’t always good at capitalizing on a good idea. Our task here is to give some ideas for sequels to his plays.
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[li]Hamlet II: Hail to the King, Baby![/li][li]Hamlet II: Danish Boogaloo[/li][li]Hamlet II: Dawn of the Dead[/li][li]A Midsummer Day’s Hangover[/li][li]Even More Yadda Yadda Yadda[/li][/ul]
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### Author:  [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakesperean-sequels/192194/2 "2003-07-31T19:21:16Z")
The Merchant of Venice II - The Outlet Mall strikes back
One Gentleman of Verona - The Early Years
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### Author:  [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2003, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakesperean-sequels/192194/3 "2003-07-31T19:36:31Z")
Henry IV, Part ii, II: My Own Private Sussex
When Richard III Met Iago
Romeo & Juliet: Dead and Lovin’ It
The Merry Wives of Windsor On Gilligan’s Island
Octavius: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Jr.
Shylock: The JDL Strikes Back
Banquo’s Ghost II: Nightmare on Dunsinane St.
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### Author:  [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakesperean-sequels/192194/4 "2003-07-31T21:06:39Z")
The Winter’s Tale 2: March Madness
Much Ado About Even Less
Beyond the Tempest
Two Gentlemen of Verona and a Baby
Hamlet II: Fortinbras’s Revenge
Thirteenth Night
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### Author:  [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakesperean-sequels/192194/5 "2003-07-31T21:27:53Z")
MacBeth II – “Another Damn Spot” wherein Lady MacBeth’s sister comes to even the score with MacDuff.
Othello II – Further Adventures of an Ill-fated Handkerchief
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### Author:  [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2003, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakesperean-sequels/192194/6 "2003-07-31T21:37:22Z")
MacBeth II – “Another Damn Spot” wherein Lady MacBeth’s sister comes to even the score with MacDuff.
Othello II – Further Adventures of an Ill-fated Handkerchief
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### Author:  [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakesperean-sequels/192194/7 "2003-07-31T21:47:45Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Wumpus \*
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> Two Gentlemen of Verona and a Baby
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Ow! You made Diet Coke come out of my nose!
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakesperean-sequels/192194/8 "2003-07-31T22:02:45Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Sampiro \*
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> The Merry Wives of Windsor On Gilligan’s Island
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_The Merry Wives Of Windsor_ was a sequal.
Shakespeare wrote it himself, at the request of Elizabeth I.
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### Author:  [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakesperean-sequels/192194/9 "2003-07-31T22:44:35Z")
I actually saw this in a bookstore recently:
[Hamlet II:Ophelia’s Revenge](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0743456246/qid=1059691761/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/002-7860620-3035246?v=glance&s=books)
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### Author:  [@Peg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peg)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2003, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakesperean-sequels/192194/10 "2003-07-31T23:00:56Z")
Romeo & Juliet: Why the Montagues Hate the Capulets (obviously a prequel)
King Lear II: Leisure World
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### Author:  [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakesperean-sequels/192194/11 "2003-07-31T23:08:20Z")
[semi-scholarly hijack]
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor \*
> \*\*_The Merry Wives Of Windsor_ was a sequal.
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More of a spinoff, actually – or at least it doesn’t exactly fit the continuity of the history plays. MWW’s relationship to 1 and 2H4 isn’t entirely clear, and probably the best course is not to worry too much about it. The intro in the Arden complete works (which sucks, btw; never buy it) suggests that if you’re really into continuity you could probably imagine it to take place after 2H4, given Falstaff’s lack of funds and the play’s lack of Prince Hal, but I think this is stupid. 😉
(Interestingly, you’ll often find comments to the effect that MWW is Shakespeare’s only play set in Elizabethan England, although strictly speaking the presence of Falstaff and company would place it in the early 15th century. There’s also a line to the effect that Fenton, the heroine’s boyfriend, was “a companion of Poins and the wild prince,” which is sort of a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it thing but sorta cool, and probably relevant to the whole timing discussion in an offhand way.)
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### Author:  [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakesperean-sequels/192194/12 "2003-07-31T23:28:56Z")
_Titus Andronicus Makes Dessert_
_Hamlet II: Pirates of the North Sea_
_Richard IV: Queen Margaret’s Revenge_
And I would say _Love’s Labour’s Won_, except I’ve always suspected there _was_ a _Love’s Labour’s Won_, only Shakespeare’s maidservant used the manuscript to line the chicken cage or something. Damn her.
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### Author:  [@Dizzy\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dizzy_Fingers)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2003, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakesperean-sequels/192194/13 "2003-07-31T23:29:36Z")
All’s Well That Ends Well - Or Is It?
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### Author:  [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakesperean-sequels/192194/14 "2003-07-31T23:42:05Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Fretful Porpentine \*
> \*\*And I would say _Love’s Labour’s Won_, except I’ve always suspected there _was_ a _Love’s Labour’s Won_ \*\*
Well, Francis Meres says there was… 😉
Anyway, more in the spirit of this thread than my last post:
\*Troilus and Cressida II: Horsing Around
Pericles II: The Bawd and Pimp Strike Back
As You Still Like It
Henry VIII, Part II: Divorced, Beheaded, Died…\*
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakesperean-sequels/192194/15 "2003-08-01T00:27:30Z")
Much Ado About Everything.
Othello II - Jungle Fever
Romeo and Juliet and Romeo and Juliet: The Clone Wars
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakesperean-sequels/192194/16 "2003-08-01T00:27:42Z")
Much Ado About Everything.
Othello II - Jungle Fever
Romeo and Juliet and Romeo and Juliet: Attack of the Clones
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakesperean-sequels/192194/17 "2003-08-01T00:30:27Z")
Ignore the first, obviously… :smack:
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### Author:  [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2003, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakesperean-sequels/192194/18 "2003-08-01T00:57:52Z")
The Merry Wives of Windsor Do Dallas
Puck 2: Back in Da Hood
Tempest 2: Ariel vs. Caliban
Julius Caesar 2: The Empire Strikes Back
H2: 2BOrNot2B
Henry IV Part 3 Section 2 Subparagraph 12
Othello 2: Full Throttle
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### Author:  [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2003, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakesperean-sequels/192194/19 "2003-08-01T01:00:20Z")
Love’s Labours Lost…In Space
Taming of the Shrew II: Tame Harder
Thriteenth Night
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### Author:  [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakesperean-sequels/192194/20 "2003-08-01T01:10:18Z")
Hamlet III: Die Hamlet! Die!
King Leer 2: Leer Unleased
MacBeth 2: This Time it’s Personal
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