Planning a school or amateur Shakespeare production? The best way to experience the plays is to perform them; but getting started can be a challenge: The complete plays are too long and complex; while scene selections or simplified language are too limited."The 30-Minute Shakespeare" is a new series of abridgements that tell the “storyrdquo; of each play from start to finish while keeping the beauty of Shakespearersquo;s language intact. Specific stage directions and character suggestions give even inexperienced actors the tools to perform Shakespeare with confidence; understanding; and fun!This cutting of TWELFTH NIGHT; Shakespeares bittersweet comic masterpiece; consists of three classic scenes. After an extended introductory narration; the action begins with Feste the Fool consoling a mourning Lady Olivia with wit and wordplay. Viola (disguised as a male Cesario) woos Olivia on behalf of Duke Orsino; but Olivia falls for the messenger Viola/Cesario instead. The final scene in Olivias kitchen gives young actors an easy and specific way to play late-night revelry; as Sir Toby Belch and his friends amuse themselves with the censorious but ultimately hapless Malvolio. One highlight of the production is a group "rap" version of the song "Come Away Death."The edition also includes an essay by editor Nick Newlin on how to produce a Shakespeare play with novice actors; and notes about the original production of this abridgement at the Folger Shakespeare Librarys annual Student Shakespeare Festival.
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