Ken Ludwig

Comedy

8m, 4f + extras

Unit set

Lights, Camera, Shakespeare! 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. The latest hit from the author of Broadway's Crazy for You, Lend Me a Tenor, Moon over Buffalo, and Twentieth Century.

"Shakespeare in Hollywood will charm your socks off" -Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal. "A fast, funny, entertaining night!"-Arch Campbell, NBC-4. "So deliciously inventive, you'd swear that Ludwig and the Bard were in cahoots."-J.Wynn Rousuck, The Baltimore Sun.

WINNER of the 2004 Helen Hayes Award for Best New Play.

FEE: $100 per performance.

Other Ken Ludwig titles available from Samuel French include:
Be My Baby
The Fox on the Fairway
Leading Ladies
Lend Me a Tenor
Moon Over Buffalo
Postmortem
Sullivan & Gilbert
The Beaux' Stratagem
The Three Musketeers
Treasure Island
Twentieth Century