1st Edition

One-Hour Shakespeare The Early Comedies and Romances

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

264 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

264 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 Early Comedies and Romances , includes the following plays: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Two Gentlemen of Verona The Tempest The Winter’s Tale. These... 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. A Midsummer Night's Dream  6. A Midsummer Night's Dream: suggested cast list and character assignments for a small cast  7. Two Gentlemen of Verona  8. Two Gentlemen of Verona: suggested cast list and character assignments for a small cast  9. The Tempest  10. The Tempest: suggested cast list and character assignments for a small cast  11. THe Winter's Tale  12. The Winter's Tale: 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.