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Thanks to the 1987 film The Princess Bride, folks of a certain age are unable to look at Mandy Patinkin and see someone other than Inigo “You killed my father, prepare to die!” Montoya. (Sorry, Homeland fans.) But Joe Brack, whose hit one-man show from the 2012 Capital Fringe Festival, My Princess Bride, returns to Fort Fringe stage this month, says his play is an ode not only to Rob Reiner’s masterpiece but also to William Goldman’s 1973 book, a classic he’s loved since his preteen years. Brack promises the show will feature “all the parts that are famous from the film, all the shit you remember, [and] even more fun little nuggets and surprises,” including autobiographical sketches from Brack’s childhood in South Boston. Prepare to see an Andre the Giant fight scene, the battle of wits, and all that swashbuckling with only a cast of one. And cut Brack’s Buttercup some slack. According to him, “I don’t do the world’s greatest Robin Wright impression.” The play runs Nov. 29 to Dec. 22 at The Shop at Fort Fringe, 607 New York Ave. NW. $20. (202) 737-7230. capitalfringe.org.