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.
Statements (24)
| 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
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William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfWork | 20th century ⓘ |
| tonality | humorous ⓘ |
| workFromWhichTitleDerived | William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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