Shakespeare in Love (High School Edition) | Concord Theatricals (original) (raw)
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- Cast Size
Cast Size
6w, 18m
- Duration
Duration
More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
- Audience
Target Audience
Adult, Teen (Age 14-18)
Accolades
Accolades
- Nominee: 2015 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy
Details
Summary
Young Will Shakespeare has writer's block. The deadline for his new play is fast approaching, but he's in desperate need of inspiration. That is, until he finds his muse... the feisty, brilliant and beautiful Viola. This crafty young woman is Will’s greatest admirer and will stop at nothing (including breaking the law) to appear in his next play. Against a bustling background of mistaken identity, ruthless scheming and backstage theatrics, Will’s love for Viola quickly blossoms, inspiring him to write his greatest romantic masterpiece.
History
Shakespeare in Love premiered on the West End at the Noel Coward Theatre in London in July 2014 under the direction of Declan Donnellan.
Cast Attributes
- Ensemble Cast
- Expandable Casting
- Flexible Cast Size
- Room for Extras
- Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle)
- Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)
TILNEY
WILL SHAKESPEARE
RALPH
KATE
VIOLA DE LESSEPS
QUEEN ELIZABETH
HENSLOWE
ROBIN / FREES
MOLLY / MISTRESS QUICKLY
BURBAGE
SIR ROBERT DE LESSEPS
SAM
NURSE
PETER / BARMAN
MARLOWE
WABASH
ADAM / BOATMAN
WESSEX
NED ALLEYN
LAMBERT / GUARD
FENNYMAN
WEBSTER
NOL
ENSEMBLE MEMBERS / MUSICIANS / ATTENDANTS
- Time Period16th Century/Elizabethan
- SettingMultiple locations in and around Elizabethan London
- FeaturesPeriod Costumes
- Additional FeaturesPlay with Music
- DurationMore than 120 minutes (2 hours)
Media
5 STARS! “An absolute joy from beginning to end!” – Daily Express
5 STARS! “Funny, often genuinely moving, and generates a glow you could warm your hands by... The best British comedy since One Man, Two Guvnors and deserves equal success.” – Daily Telegraph, Read More
“There's the elating sense that the material – with its rivalry between the public playhouses echoing between the Montagues and the Capulets – is reveling in its natural elements in the theatre... It makes you feel grateful to be alive.” – The Independent, Read More
“Marvelously fluid, riotously funny, and often intensely, even startlingly poignant... This may be, in part at least, a comedy about Shakespeare falling in love; but joking aside, it could just make you fall, all over again, in love with Shakespeare.” – Chicago Tribune, Read More
5 STARS! “An absolute joy from beginning to end!” – Daily Express, Read More
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Videos
Shakespeare in Love Trailer
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £85 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
Music Rentals
Concord offers a full suite of resources to help you put on the show of a lifetime!
4 Full Scores
1 Rehearsal Piano-Vocal
Digital Assets: Performance tracks with all recorded music, Guide Vocal tracks, Production Handbook, Logo Pack
Vocal parts for the actors are available at the back of the Acting Edition
Authors
Tom Stoppard’s most recent play, The Hard Problem, opened at the National Theatre in 2015. He wrote his first play, Enter a Free Man, whilst working as a journalist in Bristol. His plays include Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead, The Real Inspector Hound, After Magritte, ...
Lee Hall was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne in 1966 and studied English Literature at Cambridge University. He has worked as a writer in theatre, TV, radio and film. He has been writer in residence at the Royal Shakespeare Company and Live Theatre, Newcastle Upon Tyne.
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