Richard III: The 30-Minute Shakespeare
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Richard III: The 30-Minute Shakespeare
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Richard III: The 30-Minute Shakespeare The edition includes a preface by Nick Newlin, containing helpful advice on presenting Shakespeare in a high school setting with novice actors, as well as an appendix with play-specific suggestions and recommendations for further resources.
Nick Newlin has broad experience marketing the Nicolo Whimsey Show to high school and library systems, and incorporates The Thirty Minute Shakespeare into the Nicolo Whimsey website, mailings, school fairs, etc.
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The 30-Minute Shakespeare series is regularly cited by the Folger Shakespeare Libraryโs very active Folger Education program, recognized and used extensively by thousands of high school and college educators and including blogs, webinars, lesson plans, and conferences.
The 30-Minute Shakespeare website was and will include promotional information for the two new plays launching in Fall 2019, HENRY V: THE 30-MINUTE SHAKESPEARE and RICHARD III: THE 30-MINUTE SHAKESPEARE, and both plays will be featured and discussed on the 30-Minute Shakespeare Facebook page, now with over 5,000 fans, as well as Instagram and Twitter.
We set up a very popular booth at the National Council of Teachers of English conference every year, next to Folger Shakespeare Library, and exhibit at Educational Theatre Association Conference annually. The 30-Minute Shakespeare Series will have a booth with Consortium at ALA Convention in Washington, DC in June of 2019, as well as Kensington Book Fair
Nick Newlin has co authored a play Shakespeare's Worst with Emmy Award winning The Simpsons writer Mike Reiss, which has performed to delighted audiences at Bristol Shakespeare Festival and Utah Shakespeare Festival and Newlin publicizes The 30-Minute Shakespeare to a dedicated Shakespeare audience at these events. In Summer 2019 the play will be produced by Capital Fringe Festival at the prestigious and award-winning Arena Stage in Washington, DC.
Richard III: The 30-Minute Shakespeare features seven chosen scenes, beginning with the Duke of Gloucester's villainous "Winter of our discontent" speech, followed by his audacious wooing of Lady Anne. Queen Margaret's chilling curses, Richard's string of murders, and the haunting chants of his victims' ghosts exemplify stage drama at its finest. The climax presents a gripping battle in which the Earl of Richmond slays Richard and ascends as King of England.
An essay by editor Nick Newlin offers insights on how to produce a Shakespeare play using novice actors, coupled with notes on the original production of this abridgement at the Folger Shakespeare Library's annual Student Shakespeare Festival.
This edition includes a preface by Nick Newlin, providing valuable advice on presenting Shakespeare to high school settings with novice actors. Additionally, there is an appendix featuring play-specific suggestions and recommendations for further resources.
Series: The 30-Minute Shakespeare
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781935550396
Publisher: Nicolo Whimsey Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 24 October 2019
Country: United States
Imprint: Nicolo Whimsey Press
Illustration: No
Contributors:
- Edited by Nick Newlin
Audience: Teenage
DIMENSIONS
Width: 139.0mm
Height: 215.0mm
Weight: 113g
Pages: 70
About the Author
Nick Newlin: Nick Newlin has been a performer, writer and arts educator for
international audiences for 30 years. Since 1996, he has conducted an annual Play Directing residency affiliated with the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC. Nick has a BA from Harvard University with Honors 1982 and an MA in Theater from The University of Maryland with an emphasis on Play Directing.
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