Shakes Speare also referred to as Shake-Spear and Shake Spear is a character from the Skipper Canteen. He is a parody of real world author/playwright/poet, William Shakespeare.
History[]
Shakes Speare was an author likely in the early 20th and/or late 19th century. They seemingly authored jungle themed parodies/tributes of the works of William Shakespeare.
Appearances[]
Skipper Canteen[]
Several books appear written by Speare within the library of the Skipper Canteen.
- The Comedy of Ears: A play on The Comedy of Errors (1594).
- Droolius Caesar: A parody of Julius Caesar (1599)
- Hamlet: A Lion's Tale: A reference to The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark and its Disney adaptation, The Lion King (1994).
- Sam IV Part 1: A play on Henry IV, Part 1 (1592). Likely a reference to the Jungle Cruise character of Trader Sam.
- Sam IV Part 2: A play on Henry IV, Part 2 (1591). Another likely reference to Trader Sam.
- Sam V: A play on Henry V (c. 1599). Another likely reference to Trader Sam.
- Sam VI Part 1:
- Sam VI Part 2:
- Sam VI Part 3:
- Two Skippers of Verona: A play on The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623).
Trivia[]
- The books of Speare contain several additional Disney references
- The book Hamlet: A Lion's Tale is a reference to the film The Lion King (1994), a Disney film revolving around lions which was loosely based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
- The Sam books are a reference to the history plays of William Shakespeare and are likely alluding to Trader Sam.
- A Comedy of Ears might be referencing the mouse-ears of Mickey Mouse.
- A book titled A Midsummer's Night Cruise also appears in the Skipper Canteen with no author.[1] It is in the vain of the Shakes Spear books given how it is a Jungle Cruise themed parody of A Midsummer's Night Dream.