The Curate Shakespeare As You Like It

The Curate Shakespeare As You Like It

William Shakespeare, Don Nigro

The Curate Shakespeare As You Like It

The Curate Shakespeare As You Like It

William Shakespeare, Don Nigro

Overview

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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  • Genre: Adaptations (Shakespeare)
  • Time Period: 16th Century / Elizabethan
  • Cast Attributes: Ensemble cast
  • Target Audience: Adult, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

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William Shakespeare

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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