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Shakespeare in Love (High School Edition)
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 6w, 18m
Based on the screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard
Adapted for the stage by Lee Hall
Music by Paddy Cunneen
Originally produced on the West End by Disney Theatrical Group & Sonia Friedman Productions, directed by Declan Donnellan, and designed by Nick Ormerod
Based on the Academy Award-winning movie, this charming reimagining of William Shakespeare's inspiration to write Romeo and Juliet has now been carefully crafted for high school performers and audiences.
Image: 2018 Columbia High School Production (Joy Yagid)
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Cast Size
6w, 18m -
Duration
More than 120 minutes (2 hours) -
Target Audience
Adult
Accolades
Nominee: 2015 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy
Details
Summary
Young Will Shakespeare has writer's block. The deadline for his new play is fast approaching, but he's in desperate need of inspiration. That is, until he finds his muse... the feisty, brilliant and beautiful Viola. This crafty young woman is Will’s greatest admirer and will stop at nothing (including breaking the law) to appear in his next play. Against a bustling background of mistaken identity, ruthless scheming and backstage theatrics, Will’s love for Viola quickly blossoms, inspiring him to write his greatest romantic masterpiece.
History
Cast Attributes
Keywords
Performing Groups
- Time Period 16th Century/Elizabethan
- Setting
Multiple locations in and around Elizabethan London
- Features Period Costumes
- Additional Features Play with Music
- Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
Media
5 STARS! “An absolute joy from beginning to end!” – Daily Express
5 STARS! “Funny, often genuinely moving, and generates a glow you could warm your hands by... The best British comedy since One Man, Two Guvnors and deserves equal success.” – Daily Telegraph, Read More
“There's the elating sense that the material – with its rivalry between the public playhouses echoing between the Montagues and the Capulets – is reveling in its natural elements in the theatre... It makes you feel grateful to be alive.” – The Independent, Read More
“Marvelously fluid, riotously funny, and often intensely, even startlingly poignant... This may be, in part at least, a comedy about Shakespeare falling in love; but joking aside, it could just make you fall, all over again, in love with Shakespeare.” – Chicago Tribune, Read More
5 STARS! “An absolute joy from beginning to end!” – Daily Express, Read More
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Videos
Shakespeare in Love Trailer
Photos
Image: 2018 Columbia High School Production (Joy Yagid)
Image: 2018 Columbia High School Production (Joy Yagid)
Image: 2018 Columbia High School Production (Joy Yagid)
Image: 2018 Columbia High School Production (Joy Yagid)
Image: 2018 Columbia High School Production (Joy Yagid)
Image: 2018 Columbia High School Production (Joy Yagid)
Image: 2018 Columbia High School Production (Joy Yagid)
Image: 2018 Columbia High School Production (Joy Yagid)
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £85 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
Music Rentals
Authors
Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard’s most recent play, Leopoldstadt, opened at Wyndham's Theatre in 2020 and transferred to Broadway in 2022. It won multiple Awards, including an Olivier Award and Tony Award for Best Play. He wrote his first play, Enter a Free Man, whilst working as a journalist i ...
Lee Hall
Lee Hall was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne in 1966 and studied English Literature at Cambridge University. He has worked as a writer in theatre, TV, radio and film. He has been writer in residence at the Royal Shakespeare Company and Live Theatre, Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Theatre: W ...
