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Shakespeare in Love
Lee Hall
Shakespeare in Love (High School Edition)
by Lee Hall, Tom Stoppard, Marc Norman
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Awards & Recognition
Olivier Award
Nominee: 2015 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy
Synopsis
Young Will Shakespeare has writer's block.
The deadline for his new play is fast approaching, but he's in desperate need of inspiration.
That is, until he finds his muse... the feisty, brilliant and beautiful Viola.
This crafty young woman is Will’s greatest admirer and will stop at nothing (including breaking the law) to appear in his next play.
Against a bustling background of mistaken identity, ruthless scheming and backstage theatrics, Will’s love for Viola quickly blossoms, inspiring him to write his greatest romantic masterpiece.
Press Reviews
"5 STARS! “Funny, often genuinely moving, and generates a glow you could warm your hands by... The best British comedy since One Man, Two Guvnors and deserves equal success."
— Daily Telegraph
"There's the elating sense that the material – with its rivalry between the public playhouses echoing between the Montagues and the Capulets – is reveling in its natural elements in the theatre... It makes you feel grateful to be alive."
— The Independent
"Marvelously fluid, riotously funny, and often intensely, even startlingly poignant... This may be, in part at least, a comedy about Shakespeare falling in love; but joking aside, it could just make you fall, all over again, in love with Shakespeare."
— Chicago Tribune
"5 STARS! “An absolute joy from beginning to end!"
— Daily Express
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| TILNEY |
| WILL SHAKESPEARE |
| RALPH |
| KATE |
| VIOLA DE LESSEPS |
| QUEEN ELIZABETH |
| HENSLOWE |
| ROBIN / FREES |
| MOLLY / MISTRESS QUICKLY |
| BURBAGE |
| SIR ROBERT DE LESSEPS |
| SAM |
| NURSE |
| PETER / BARMAN |
| MARLOWE |
| WABASH |
| ADAM / BOATMAN |
| WESSEX |
| NED ALLEYN |
| LAMBERT / GUARD |
| FENNYMAN |
| WEBSTER |
| NOL
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Shakespeare in Love (High School Edition) is a comedy play written by Lee Hall and published by Samuel French .
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