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.

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The Curate Shakespeare As You Like It

by  William Shakespeare Don Nigro

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The Curate Shakespeare As You Like It

  • Cast Size

    Cast Size

    4m, 3f
  • Duration

    Duration

    120 minutes (2 hours)
  • SubGenre

    Subgenre

    Adaptations (Shakespeare)
  • Accolades

    Accolades

    Not Applicable
  • Audience

    Target 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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Keywords

Love

Considerations

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: $75 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 Martext
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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Authors

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

Don Nigro

Don Nigro

Don Nigro is among the most frequently published and widely produced playwrights in the world and has continued to build a deeply interrelated and diverse body of dramatic literature, employing a wide variety of dramatic conventions and styles of presentation. He has written monologues and epics, spare realistic dramas ...

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First produced at Indiana State University Summerstage in Terre Haute, Indiana, in July 1976, directed by Gary Stewart.

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