The Onion 1603: King in Shakespeare Play Already Pissing People Off Like There Not Four More Acts
It’s Act 2 Scene 1 and there’s already scheming nobles talking about how he keeps taxing the nobles and the peasants and there’s a claimant with an army across the Channel. Not looking good for Richard
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Area Man Injured in Bear Baiting Accident Still Claims He “Never Goes to Southwark”
Radical New Puritan Sect Denounces Eating, Shitting as “Pathways to Hell”
Editorial: Is England Merrie Enough?
Only Seven Anti-Catholic Riots In Week Hailed As Success
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Spain Probably Up to Some Papist Bullshit Again
Area Boy Enjoying Playing Women on Stage A Bit Too Much
Priest Hole Now Mostly Used for Hiding Pornographic Italian Woodcuts
Point/Counterpoint: We’ll Miss You, Good Queen Bess vs. A Goddamn Scot?
Are Barmaids Bawdy Enough?
