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Loves Labours Wonne

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy  /  5w, 9m

Dark and strange, ribald, funny, sad and beautiful, this unique play takes audiences on an inspiring trip deep into William Shakespeare's soul. Late on the stormy night on which he is to retire to the country, Shakespeare staggers drunkenly onto the stage of the Globe Theatre. Longing for quiet, green Stratford yet grieving for the London theatre
world that has been his life, he is tortured by memories and
hallucinations of his early struggles in the vicious city quagmire.

Loves Labours Wonne

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    5w, 9m
  • Duration
    Duration
    More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

Details

Summary
Dark and strange, ribald, funny, sad and beautiful, this unique play takes audiences on an inspiring trip deep into William Shakespeare's soul. Late on the stormy night on which he is to retire to the country, Shakespeare staggers drunkenly onto the stage of the Globe Theatre. Longing for quiet, green Stratford yet grieving for the London theatre world that has been his life, he is tortured by memories and hallucinations of his early struggles in the vicious city quagmire. His daughters arise as Miranda and Ariel and join the notorious hack Robert Greene who comes from the dead to accuse him of Marlowe's murder. Queen Elizabeth makes a cameo appearance and people from his life mix with characters from his plays to create a wild hallucinatory investigation into the nightmare of art.
History
First produced in 1981 at Indiana University in Bloomington and the Berkeley Stage Company, directed by Leigh Woods.
SHAKESPEARE
BONE / JOHN / POLONIUS
SUSANNA / MIRANDA
ARIEL/ JUDITH
ANNE
LADY
SEXTON / GREENE
RICHARD III / MARLOWE / BROTHER RICHARD
MUNDAY / PREACHER / BEGGAR
BURBAGE / DOCTOR / POLEY
ALLEYN / FRIZER
HENSLOWE / FOOL
MARY / MRS. ISAM / QUEEN ELIZABETH
CHETTLE / FALSTAFF / SKERES
  • Time Period 16th Century / Elizabethan
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Additional Features Play w/ Music
  • Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Music

  • Musical Style Folk
  • Vocal DemandsModerate

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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Authors

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 ...

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