Shivering Shakespeare

Shivering Shakespeare is an Our Gang short film directed by Robert A. McGowan under the pseudonym Anthony Mack. Produced by Hal Roach and released to theaters by MetroGoldwynMayer, it was the 95th Our Gang short to be released.

A nervous Mrs. Kennedy gives her introduction to the audience as the kids get ready for their performance. Their disgust and lack of enthusiasm show how they feel about the show. During the first act, Mary Ann and Wheezer forget many of their lines and confuse some words for others, so Mrs. Kennedy has to yell them out to them. In the background a tall boy sneezes, causing his fake wig and beard to fall and land on Pete the Pup. Mrs. Kennedy helps Chubby start his line and then prompts her husband to shake a tin sheet, creating thundering noises. When Farina begins saying his line, a goat runs loose and butts him, knocking him down. Getting up, Farina yells, Forsooth, I think these mountains are full of too many goats As Act I is ending, Chubby gets ready to play Nero. He begins writing his lines on his costume in case he forgets one. Mr. Kennedy notices that the costume is inside out and has him put it on correctly.At the beginning of Act II Jackie delivers his lines and, like the others, forgets several words. Mrs. Kennedy yells them to him, getting more and more nervous. Donald Haines giggles while saying his line about Nero riding an elephant bathed in perfume. Minutes later Mr. Kennedy comes onstage in an elephant costume with Chubby on his back. When the curtain accidentally falls in the middle of the scene, his costumes head falls off. The boy in charge of the curtains just sits, so Mrs. Kennedy has to open them for him. Chubby accidentally falls on a bowl of tomatoes, leaving the rear of his costume wet and dirty. ........

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