Flash Mob, heck yes?

So one of our classmates, Max, suggested doing a Flash Mob to do with Shakespeare. I am wholeheartedly behind this. I was musing about the possibilities while in class and I came up with a few ways we could do this. Max, my friend, I'm looking at you.

• We could gather a group and memorize a famous soliloquy, like "To Be or Not to Be." Each person would memorize one line. Then, we go to a crowded place (The Cougareat, Brigham Square, Walmart, etc.) and one person stands starting the soliloquy. Then another person stands and keeps it going, then another, and another... Pretty soon we get to the end of the soliloquy and everyone's congregated together in a dramatic pose and we say the last line together. And then disperse.

Pros: It'd be simply put together and everyone could have s role.

Cons: It'd be a little tricky remember who came when, so we'd have more responsibility in remembering one line at a time.

• We organize a cliffnotes version of a Shakespeare play and perform it in under one minute for everyone. Someone could stand up with a banner that says, (if we'd do Romeo and Juliet) "Romeo and Juliet in under 60 seconds." And then someone starts, "In fair Verona we have two families. Capulets and Montagues." Then two groups of people reenact it from there. OR we could do "Every Shakespeare play in under 60 seconds." And then have a quick two-line scene where several people run out and say something about one play, then onto the next, etc.

Pros: It'd be quick and dirty. We'd get to exercise some creativity in choosing how we present these plots in so short a time.

Cons: Might get a little unorganized with people running back and forth. Plus, the idea of presenting this might take away the "flash" aspect of a flash mob. Unless we could find a "flashier" way of introducing it.

• We organize an Elizabethan dance. Music comes on in a public square and people come together and dance like in a Shakespeare play. We could even include a line at the end from one of his plays to make it more Shakespeare-y.

Pros: Not much speaking, and more random in a crowd.

Cons: Not much speaking, and we'd need to tie it into Shakespeare pretty well.

• People pop up in a crowd saying famous lines from Shakespeare that almost sound like a dialogue.

"You kiss by the book!"

"Frailty, thy name is woman!"

"Get thee to a nunnery!"

... this could end in a battle, or something. We'd have to flesh this idea out, but it'd involve using common Shakespeare lines.

Pros: It'd be fun to string together some common Shakespeare sayings and see what kind of conversation we could get.

Cons: How would we end it? Would there be some sort of plot? We'd have to plan a lot of this out.

• Shakespeare genres. We could have two groups of people come to face each other in Brigham Square. Someone could recite a Shakespeare line before a battle (possibly from one of our history plays?) and we could charge at each other, everyone dies. Someone holds up a sign that says, "TRAGEDY."
• We could also do the same thing, but the next group comes in, pairs off and everyone gets married. They all lay down, and a sign comes up that says, "COMEDY." We could do these two things in succession if we wanted to. And then everyone gets up and walks away.

Pros: I think this idea would be very fun. We could get tons of people in on it and not a lot of technicality behind it that we'd have to remember in order to do it right. It'd be fast, and literally a mob of people. Then it could be over in a jiffy.

Cons: If we did do these two in succession, we'd have to get a lot of people to do one for tragedy, one for comedy. I don't think it'd work if everyone got up and got married to each other right after that.

Anyone else have any thoughts? I think this could be really fun. Like I said, It's Max's idea. I'm just trying to stir the pot and get some noggins a-brewin.