Nick Newlin

An abridgement for performance by young people and amateur adults, ?road tested” at the Folger Shakespeare Library's Student Shakespeare Festival.

The 30-Minute Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice

This cutting of Shakespeare's utterly charming and popular comedy MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING features five key scenes, including Beatrice and Benedick's classic initial word-battle, and the uproarious hide-and-seek deception of the two ''lovers. '' The next scenes are the brutal rejection of Hero at the altar by a deceived Claudio and the timeless manhandling of the English language by the bumbling constable Dogberry. In the fifth and final scene, Shakespeare resolves the play's conflicts and confusions, and love reigns again. This cutting really tells the story, and includes some sidesplitting stage business, particularly the back-and-forth physical and verbal parrying between Benedick and Beatrice.

The 30-Minute Shakespeare (Large Print 16pt)

Much ADO about Nothing

William Shakespeare

Includig Stage Directions for All Levels of Experience

Twelfth Night

Including Stage Directions for All Levels of Experience

As You Like It

Midsummer Night's Dream

Nick Newlin

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