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 Up until recently the rowdy and
tactless Christopher Sly had kept
conflict away with his dismissive
nature and sharp tongue.
A local hostess, pictured left with
Sly, recounts her run-in with the
drunkard:
͞He told me to ͚go to thy cold bed,
and warm thee!͛ What respectable
woman does „
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Õt seemed Sly lived up to his name.
But when a bevy of noble blokes
buzzing around after a day of
hunting discovered Sly passed out
near their lodging they decided to
Freelance Reporter: Janine Bowden
have some fun.
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lunatic.͟
They swept the snoring lush off of his
feet, and within minutes they had
transformed him; not a moment too
soon for Sly soon ͞re-emerged͟ into
the conscious world as a lord.
Many of the pranksters predicted that
the trick would fail, yet that was not
the case; Sly awoke and found himself
a new man:
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Sly was used to doing
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Loaded and These travelling gents all had
mischievous, the noble The Lord͛s page acted as their hearts set on
man seemed like the Sly͛s wife; his convincing entertaining. Õn the end, their
perfect gentleman at and cunning portrayal production of 0 0
 
is! His body odor and first. Unlike Sly, his deserved an Oscar „ 
 was the ultimate
uncouth words were interests surpassed nomination according to prank - with both the
known to put people in a cheap booze ʹ his his boss. The huntsmen tricksters and the prey quickly
swoon. Sly͛s first request power and status and servants did the Lord͛s falling under their spell and
as a lord was a night-cap allowed him to get grunt work, no matter how captivated by their
with his ͞wife.͟ what he wanted. ludicrous the request! performance.
According to the ͞Lord͟, Sly gave in The play about a hot-tempered ͞shrew͟ and a brave
and admitted that he was previously bachelor that steps up to the challenge captivated Celebration of
insane and accepted his role as a all, due to the battle of wits that occurred, and Writing contribution
lord and husband -- probably with booze influenced banter thrown in! for USSY 286S; Edwin
Bernardoni, Janine
his fingers crossed behind his back! Bowden, and
By the conclusion of the performance, Sly was Matthew Mauer
Meanwhile, ͞the players͟ prepared rumored to have wandered off and consumed all of
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 the liquor in the cellar. He was promptly thrown
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 for everyone. into the street.