''Anythynge You Want To'' is a 2001 CD release by

the Firesign Theatre The Firesign Theatre (also known as the Firesigns) was an American surreal humour, surreal comedy troupe who first appeared on November 17, 1966, in a live performance on the Los Angeles radio program ''Radio Free Oz'' on station KPFK FM broad ...

presenting an uncut version of their 1982

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LP album ''Shakespeare's Lost Comedie''. It takes the form of a

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, under the conceit of being a lost work of

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, using language, plot structure, and characters which parody Shakespeare's original works. It was originally recorded in 1980 as a program for

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's ''

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''.

Track listing

# Ye Hoste (2:02) # Ye Prologue (1:39) # Acte I, Scene I. A Nawful Place, A Heathe (3:37) # Acte I, Scene II. A Shippe at Sea (5:16) # Acte I, Scene III. Ye Rampartes of Castle Pflegem (6:25) # Ye Hoste Againne (3:13) # Acte II, Scene I. Ye Wilde Beache (3:54) # Acte II, Scene II. Ye Closette of ye Counte (4:33) # Acte II, Scene III. Ye Bishopp's Celle (2:36) # Acte II, Scene IV. A Graveyardde (6:30) # Ye Hoste Yett Againne (2:54) # Acte III, Scene I. Ye Coronation Roome (4:30) # Acte III, Scene II. A Battle Fielde (2:19) # Acte III, Scene III. Ye Bishopp's Battle Tente (6:48) # Ye Credittes (1:33)

Release history

*LP Firesign / Rhino Rnlp-807(Lp), Rnc-807-4, 1982, (as Shakespeare's Lost Comedie) *CD Firesign Theatre Records (Distributed by Whirlwind Media) 2001 *CD Firesign Theatre Records
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Citations and references

2001 albums The Firesign Theatre albums 2000s comedy albums {{2001-album-stub