These scripts take the famous plays of Shakespeare and just get to the point, reducing them to about five minutes. You know: all the characters and quotes you love, without the boring bits, like internal conflict, character development, or plot. Think of it as “Shakespeare Lite.” You can choose one or several to be performed by your court actors.
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
Cast size: 4 Male, 2 Female
Antony is a brilliant military strategist, until he meets Cleopatra. Then he has all the martial cunning of a March hare. Can he get his head in the game for the final battle with Octavian, or will Cleopatra prove to be too much of a distraction?
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HAMLET
Cast size: 2 Male, 3 M/F, extras
In our Hamlet, there is a lot less introspection and a lot more mayhem. Two characters even get killed twice. But don’t worry, the violence is very stylized. That’s another way of saying that it’s really fake, since most directors don’t have much of a special effects budget.
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JULIUS CAESAR
Cast size: 4 Male, 2 Female, 1 M/F
Brutus and Cassius plot to kill Caesar. Caesar never catches on, even though the Seer warned him, his wife warned him, and everyone in the Senate is armed to the teeth. Makes you wonder how this guy conquered most of Europe.
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MACBETH
Cast size: 4 Male, 3 Female, 1 M/F
Macbeth is Thane of Scotland. His wife is inthane. So is the witch, who suffers from multiple personality syndrome. So is Duncan, who gets poisoned with hemlock, gets trampled by a horse, chokes on a tic-tac, gets trampled by a horse, gets stabbed fifty-three times, gets trampled by a horse, gets bludgeoned by a rubber chicken, gets dragged by a horse–and still he keeps coming back for more.
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ROMEO AND JULIET
Cast size: 4 Male, 3 Female, 2 M/F
Romeo is a Republican. Juliet is a Democrat. You just know this isn’t going to end well.
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