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Kean

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  7w, 20m

Barnett Shaw, Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas pere
Translated by Barnett Shaw

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    7w, 20m

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Summary
19th century England: Edmond Kean, the great English actor is a drunkard, a lover, a brawler, and a genius who tries to live the roles he plays. In love with the Danish ambassador's wife, he's jealous of the Prince of Wales, and insults him from the stage of Covent Garden. First English version of the Dumas play without adaptation. It is a big, bold, swashbuckling play.

Men's roles can be doubled

  • Time Period 19th Century

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Barnett Shaw

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Alexandre Dumas

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