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One of the oldest and most cherished stories used for Hollywood adaptations is easily The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Victor Hugo's groundbreaking novel was not only revolutionary for the time given how ...

James Wade is an associate professor of English at the University of Cambridge (University of Cambridge). (CN) — If you take Richard Heege at his word, then the reason so few minstrel tales survived ...

EXCLUSIVE: Sky Studios has put in development a comedy series about medieval Essex from The Great writer Ava Pickett and Big Talk Studios. Pickett, who is also penning the BBC’s Prêt-à-Porter ...

Netflix's The Decameron bears little resemblance to Giovanni Boccaccio's 14th century classic with which it shares a name. While the miniseries still revolves around a group of Italian nobles who have ...

Medieval humor was crude, explicit, and unapologetically offensive by modern standards. Jokes about sex, bodily functions, ...

A new study about a medieval tome includes the comedy script of an unnamed traveling entertainer, known as a minstrel, and provides a direct glimpse into the oral tradition of English minstrel acts.

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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28 (UPI) --The fate of humanity is no longer at stake in TBS' comedy Miracle Workers. Daniel Radcliffe and Steve Buscemi return for Season 2, set in the medieval past where they find ...

Are you ready for a NSFW medieval comedy? Great. And did we mention it’s stop motion animation? If you’re a fan of Robot Chicken, Crossing Swords is surely going to be right up your alley. While Hulu ...

"Til death do we party." Let's dance! Netflix has unveiled the full-length official trailer for their raunchy new series called The Decameron, created by TV writer Kathleen Jordan. The lewd and crass ...

"To win the game, we must identify all the Werewolves and kill them before they kill us." Let's play! Netflix has unveiled the full official trailer for a French adventure comedy movie titled Family ...