The Curate Shakespeare As You Like It
by William Shakespeare, Don Nigro
Full Length Play, Comedy / 4m, 3f
A rag tag group of players led by a dotty old curate must present
Shakespeare's As You Like It with seven actors.
The Curate Shakespeare As You Like It
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Cast Size
4m, 3fDuration
120 minutes (2 hours)Subgenre
Adaptations (Shakespeare)Accolades
Not ApplicableTarget Audience
- Adult
- Teen (Age 14 - 18)
Additional Info
This unusual piece is subtitled "The record of one company's attempt to perform the play by William Shakespeare." When the prolific Mr. Nigro was asked by a professional theatre company to adapt As You Like It so that it could be performed by a company of seven, he devised a completely original play about a rag tag group of players led by a dotty old curate who must present Shakespeare's play. The dramatic interest and the comedy derive from their hilarious attempts to impersonate all of Shakespeare's characters. The play has had numerous productions nationwide and has become an underground comic classic.
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Performing Groups
- High School/Secondary
- College Theatre / Student
- Community Theatre
- Professional Theatre
- Shoestring Budget
- Outdoor
- Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
Cautions
- No Special Cautions
License details
- Minimum Fee: $90 per performance
Production
Details
- Time Period: 16th Century / Elizabethan
- Duration: 120 minutes (2 hours)
- Setting: The bare stage of a theatre. All properties, costumes and scenery will come from out of the several old trunks which the players bring on. All seven players remain onstage throughout the play. Simplicity is essential, as all transformations happen in full view of the audience.
- Additional Features: Play w/ Music
- Features / Contains: Period Costumes
Music
- Musical Style: N/A (Not a musical)
Casting
4m, 3f
CURATE - plays Adam, Wicked Duke,
LeBeau, Good Duke,
Corin, Sir Oliver
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CELIA - plays Celia, Aliena, Phoebe, Snake
ROSALIND - plays Minstrel, Chorus, Deer, Stage Direction, Bush, Footnote
WILLIAM - plays Orlando, Musician, William
AMIENS - plays Oliver, Sentry, Amiens, Jaques, Musician, Silvius
CLOWN - plays Dennis, Charles, Sentry, Lord, Touchstone, Oak Tree, Jaques de Boys, Hymen
AUDREY- plays Rosalind, Ganymede, Audrey, Lioness
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CELIA - plays Celia, Aliena, Phoebe, Snake
ROSALIND - plays Minstrel, Chorus, Deer, Stage Direction, Bush, Footnote
WILLIAM - plays Orlando, Musician, William
AMIENS - plays Oliver, Sentry, Amiens, Jaques, Musician, Silvius
CLOWN - plays Dennis, Charles, Sentry, Lord, Touchstone, Oak Tree, Jaques de Boys, Hymen
AUDREY- plays Rosalind, Ganymede, Audrey, Lioness
Cast Attributes
- Ensemble cast
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Authors
First produced at Indiana State University Summerstage in Terre Haute, Indiana, in July 1976, directed by Gary Stewart.
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