1st Edition

One-Hour Shakespeare The Comedies

By Julie Fain Lawrence-Edsell Copyright 2020
282 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

282 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

282 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The One-Hour Shakespeare series is a collection of abridged versions of Shakespeare’s plays, designed specifically to accommodate both small and large casts. This volume, The Comedies , includes the following plays: As You Like It Love’s Labour’s Lost Much Ado About Nothing Twelfth Night These accessible and versatile scripts... Read more

Acknowledgements  1. Introduction  2. One-Hour projects in performance: money-saving suggestions to consider with a minimal budget 3. Lesson plan and editing exercise  4. Cross-gender casting suggestions  5. As You Like It  6. As You Like It: suggested cast list and character assignments for a small cast  7. Love's Labour's Lost 8. Love's Labour's Lost: suggested cast list and character assignments for a small cast  9. Much Ado About Nothing 10. Much Ado About Nothing: suggested cast list and character assignments for a small cast 11. Twelfth Night 12. Twelfth Night: suggested cast list and character assignments for a small cast 

Biography

Julie Fain Lawrence-Edsell is an actress, director and Associate Professor of BFA Acting at the Pace School of Performing Arts, Pace University, New York. Some of her credits include: The Last (2019), Concussion (Sundance 2013), Madam Secretary, Law & Order: SVU & CI, Kidnapped, Six Degrees, Third Watch, All My Children and over a dozen Shakespearean productions.