Brush Up Your Shakespeare

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"Brush Up Your Shakespeare" is a comic showtune from Cole Porter's musical *Kiss Me, Kate*, in which two gangsters humorously advise wooing women by quoting Shakespeare.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song
composer Cole Porter NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Cole Porter NERFINISHED
firstPerformanceInWork Kiss Me, Kate (original production) NERFINISHED
hasForm duet
hasGenre musical theatre song
hasSubject literary allusion
romantic persuasion
includedIn Kiss Me, Kate original cast recordings
intendedPerformanceVenue Broadway theatre
language English
lyricalTheme wooing women by quoting Shakespeare
lyricist Cole Porter NERFINISHED
musicalTheatreGenre comic song
narrativeFunction comic relief number
originalMedium stage musical
partOfWork Kiss Me, Kate NERFINISHED
performanceContext sung by two gangsters
references Shakespearean plays
William Shakespeare NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfWork 20th century
tonality humorous
workFromWhichTitleDerived William Shakespeare NERFINISHED

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Kiss Me, Kate notableSong Brush Up Your Shakespeare