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27.01.2012 New claim submitted for Longest Kart Race 11.01.2012 New claim submitted for Mental Calculation, Square Roots 09.01.2012 New claim submitted for Solving Rubiks 4 x 4 x 4 cube Keywords: (e.g football beer mat)	Listed below are the verified claims for the record listed. Shakespeare Recital - Current world record 1. On 15 - 16 February 2004, more than 150 people of the Wellesley College Shakespeare Society read aloud the complete work of Shakespeare (39 plays, 154 sonnets and poetry) in a record time of 22 hours and 05 minutes. 2. The solo record is held by Adrian Hilton of Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire who - armed with a host of friends to keep him awake, and with advice from NASA on nutrition and the effects of sleeplessness - took a mammoth 110 hours and 46 minutes - almost 5 days - to complete the recital at the International Shakespeare Festival in 1987.     The Book of Alternative records - World records, record breakers and more!