R.I.P. Mr Shakespeare
By Bev Clark & Keith Hill
Age range
11 – 13, 13 – 15, 16 +
Cast size
Under 10, 10 – 15
Approx. running time
30 – 60 mins
Gender breakdown
Male: 6
Female: 2
Also: Potential for larger ensemble and any gender casting.
Female: 2
Also: Potential for larger ensemble and any gender casting.
Note
A one-act comedy for a large ensemble played in the style of Clown Theatre.
First performance
Hand in Hand Theatre 2016.
Synopsis
It’s Shakespeare’s last night but he is haunted by dreams which soon turn into nightmares. His disgruntled servant has re-written his plays and it all becomes a comedy of errors.
This one-act homage to the Bard is a stylistic piece of energetic Clown Theatre that offers elements of physical theatre, poetry, movement and slapstick in a surreal quick-moving and visually stunning cavalcade.
A director has endless possibilities of how to present this piece. It’s flexible enough to meet the needs of all ages and abilities and shows how to have fun with Shakespeare.
First performed by Hand in Hand Theatre 2016 (adults) who won the Leverhulme Festival and were English finalists in AETF and NDFA All Winners. The Broadway Company Isle of Man (Youth) winners and finalists AETF/NDFA (2017) and other school productions.
This one-act homage to the Bard is a stylistic piece of energetic Clown Theatre that offers elements of physical theatre, poetry, movement and slapstick in a surreal quick-moving and visually stunning cavalcade.
A director has endless possibilities of how to present this piece. It’s flexible enough to meet the needs of all ages and abilities and shows how to have fun with Shakespeare.
First performed by Hand in Hand Theatre 2016 (adults) who won the Leverhulme Festival and were English finalists in AETF and NDFA All Winners. The Broadway Company Isle of Man (Youth) winners and finalists AETF/NDFA (2017) and other school productions.