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Ken Ludwig's Midsummer/Jersey
Ken Ludwig
Ken Ludwig's Shakespeare in Hollywood
by Ken Ludwig
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Synopsis
It's 1934, and Shakespeare’s most famous fairies, Oberon and Puck, have magically materialized on the Warner Bros.
Hollywood set of Max Reinhardt’s A Midsummer Night's Dream .
Instantly smitten by the glitz and glamour of show biz, the two are ushered onto the silver screen to play (who else?) themselves.
With a little help from a feisty flower, blonde bombshells, movie moguls, and arrogant “asses” are tossed into loopy love triangles, with raucous results.
The mischievous magic of moviedom sparkles in this hilarious comic romp.
Press Reviews
"Shakespeare in Hollywood will charm your socks off. It left me smiling in my Amtrak aisle seat all the way home to New York."
— The Wall Street Journal
"Shakespeare in Hollywood is so deliciously inventive, you'd swear Ludwig and the Bard were in cahoots. At once poignant and funny, literary and farcical, sophisticated and silly, political and fanciful, high-brow and low-brow… a delight!"
— The Baltimore Sun
"Lights, camera, action - there's plenty of it in Ken Ludwig's fantastical farce … Ludwig has constructed an amazingly dense and layered romp [and] clearly had a ball fusing Shakespearean diction with the wisecracking verbal jousting that characterized pre-World War II comedies."
— The Boston Globe
"A fast, funny, entertaining night."
— NBC 4
"Mischief, mayhem and laughter abound as the Good Theater tackles this farcical notion in Ken Ludwig's devilishly funny play Shakespeare in Hollywood.... There's never a dull moment in this fun-filled piece."
— The Portland Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| OBERON |
| PUCK |
| JACK WARNER |
| MAX REINHARDT |
| WILL HAYS |
| DARYL |
| OLIVIA DARNELL |
| LYDIA LANSING |
| LOUELLA PARSONS |
| DICK POWELL |
| JIMMY CAGNEY |
| JOE E. BROWN |
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Meet The Playwright: Ken Ludwig
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Ken Ludwig's Shakespeare in Hollywood is a comedy play written by Ken Ludwig and published by Samuel French .
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Fee: Minimum Fee: $130 per performance
Restrictions: Major Markets Plus (US) / Standard Plus Add'l Postcodes (UK)
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