Shakespeare on the Green: Fun, Frantic and Slightly Fractured Introductions to Shakespeare Plays
Amanda Petefish-Schrag
The Distracted Scholar's Guide to Literature and Drama
by Peter Bloedel
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Synopsis
Short attention span?
Then take this comic “fast-forward” tour of authors, playwrights and poets including the likes of Sophocles, Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare and Jane Austen.
Major movements in literary and dramatic history, like the Enlightenment and Romanticism, are taught as the actors portray a hilarious “mash-up” between Frankenstein and Pride and Prejudice , as well as other unlikely pairings and synopses.
The play is replete with ghosts, villains, and common plot devices, and burns through the other major periods in literary history culminating in a fast-paced handling of movies and “The Great Summer Blockbuster!” A lesson in literature and drama was never so fun!
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| PLAYERS |
| FIRST NARRATOR |
| SECOND NARRATOR |
| OEDIPUS GREEKS |
| GREEK #1 |
| GREEK #2 |
| GREEK #3 |
| ROMANS |
| ROMAN #1 |
| ROMAN #2 |
| ROMAN #3 |
| FLIGHT ATTENDANT #1 |
| FLIGHT ATTENDANT #2 |
| DANTE |
| CHAUCER |
| AMERICAN PILGRIMS |
| RENAISSANCE DANCERS |
| SPORTY PLAYER |
| POETIC AESTHETE |
| PROLOGUE |
| TYBALT |
| LORD CAPULET |
| ROMEO |
| JULIET |
| FRIAR LAURENCE |
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The Distracted Scholar's Guide to Literature and Drama is a comedy play written by Peter Bloedel and published by Playscripts .
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