Shakespeare's Lovers: A Text for Performance and Analysis - Softcover

Performed successfully during the California Shakespearean Festival in Visalia, this play? woven from Shakespearean scenes, songs, and sonnets?presents ?Shakespeare’s uni­versal, enduring, fully human values about love” in a ?rich Shakespearean tapestry of romance,” state the authors, Libby Appel and Michael Flachmann.

The play is organized into two acts con­taining four dramatic sections ?Discovering Love,” ?Seeking Advice about Love,” ?Hav­ing Problems with Love,” and ?Finding Solu­tions to Love’s Problems.” To the right of each page of text is a clear, understandable glossary defining difficult words; at the bot­tom of these pages occasional longer notes explicate obscure or difficult references; each facing left-hand page contains stage di­rections. This creates a theatrical prompt-book format, leaving plenty of blank space for recording notes, ideas, and stage directions.