One-Hour Shakespeare : The Tragicomedies.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (215 pages)
- One-Hour Shakespeare Series .
- One-Hour Shakespeare Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 One-Hour projects in performance: Money-saving suggestions to consider with a minimal budget -- Theatre space -- Traditional theatre space -- Black Box theatre or any classroom or multi-purpose room -- Outdoor area -- Site specific areas -- Entrances and exits -- Defining your space -- Lighting -- Sound -- Costumes -- Switching from character to character -- Deciding on a time period -- 3 Lesson plan and editing exercise -- Lesson plan as it appears in my syllabus given to students -- One-Hour Shakespeare projects - requirements -- Editing exercise -- 4 Cross-gender casting suggestions -- 5 All's Well That Ends Well -- Dramatis personae -- 6 All's Well That Ends Well: Suggested cast list and character assignments for a small cast -- 7 Measure for Measure -- Dramatis personae -- 8 Measure for Measure: Suggested cast list and character assignments for a small cast -- 9 The Merchant of Venice -- Dramatis personae -- 10 The Merchant of Venice: Suggested cast list and character assignments for a small cast.
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 Tragicomedies, includes the following plays: All's Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure and The Merchant of Venice.