Description
Experience Shakespeare like never before with 'A Midsummer Night's Dream: The 30-Minute Shakespeare'. Perfect for ages 12 and up, this trade paperback brings a delightful and accessible adaptation of one of Shakespeare's most beloved plays right to your fingertips. Whether you're planning a school or amateur Shakespeare production, this resource is essential. The 30-Minute adaptations effectively condense the essence and humor of the original work into a vibrant, fun, and engaging format. This edition includes significant scenes where mistaken identities and magical transformations spark laughter and delight among actors and audiences alike. Featuring Puck's chaos with love potion, Bottom's hilarious transformation into an ass, and the Rude Mechanicals' theatrical antics, this version preserves Shakespeare’s beautiful language while making it feasible for novice performers. It’s perfect for those who love literature but may find complete plays too daunting. You'll also find valuable insights from editor Nick Newlin on successfully directing a Shakespeare play with inexperienced actors. Taking the stage with confidence is easy when you have the right tools, and this edition is filled with specific stage directions and character suggestions that will aid even the greenest of performers on their dramatic journey. Enhance your Shakespearean journey and make lasting memories with this unique adaptation. Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW. ISBN: 9781935550006. Year: 2010. Publisher: Nicolo Whimsey.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781935550006
Format: Trade paperback (US)
Year: 2010
Publisher: Nicolo Whimsey
Description:
Age range 12+
Planning a school or amateur Shakespeare production? The best way to experience the plays is to perform them, but getting started can be a challenge: The complete plays are too long and complex, while scene selections or simplified language are too limited.
The 30-Minute Shakespeare is a new series of abridgements that tell the 'story' of each play from start to finish while keeping the beauty of Shakespeare's language intact. Specific stage directions and character suggestions give even inexperienced actors the tools to perform Shakespeare with confidence, understanding, and fun!
This cutting focuses on three ridiculously funny and vibrant scenes from A Midsummer Night's Dream. The first scene starts with Puck mistakenly anointing the eyes of the wrong lovers with love potion, leading to a madcap chase scene between Helena, Lysander, Hermia, and Demetrius. Scene two features Bottom's magical transformation to an ass, always an audience favourite. The final scene is the classic play within a play, where the "Rude Mechanicals" act out with "tragical mirth" the story of Pyramus and Thisbe, with specific comic suggestions for the characters, including Lion chasing Thisbe into the audience!
The edition also includes an essay by editor Nick Newlin on how to produce a Shakespeare play with novice actors, and notes about the original production of this abridgement at the Folger Shakespeare Library's annual Student Shakespeare Festival.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781935550006
Format: Trade paperback (US)
Year: 2010
Publisher: Nicolo Whimsey
Description:
Age range 12+
Planning a school or amateur Shakespeare production? The best way to experience the plays is to perform them, but getting started can be a challenge: The complete plays are too long and complex, while scene selections or simplified language are too limited.
The 30-Minute Shakespeare is a new series of abridgements that tell the 'story' of each play from start to finish while keeping the beauty of Shakespeare's language intact. Specific stage directions and character suggestions give even inexperienced actors the tools to perform Shakespeare with confidence, understanding, and fun!
This cutting focuses on three ridiculously funny and vibrant scenes from A Midsummer Night's Dream. The first scene starts with Puck mistakenly anointing the eyes of the wrong lovers with love potion, leading to a madcap chase scene between Helena, Lysander, Hermia, and Demetrius. Scene two features Bottom's magical transformation to an ass, always an audience favourite. The final scene is the classic play within a play, where the "Rude Mechanicals" act out with "tragical mirth" the story of Pyramus and Thisbe, with specific comic suggestions for the characters, including Lion chasing Thisbe into the audience!
The edition also includes an essay by editor Nick Newlin on how to produce a Shakespeare play with novice actors, and notes about the original production of this abridgement at the Folger Shakespeare Library's annual Student Shakespeare Festival.