Synopses & Reviews
Performed successfully during the California Shakespearean Festival in Visalia, this playand#151; woven from Shakespearean scenes, songs, and sonnetsand#151;presents and#147;Shakespeareand#8217;s uniandshy;versal, enduring, fully human values about loveand#8221; in a and#147;rich Shakespearean tapestry of romance,and#8221; state the authors, Libby Appel and Michael Flachmann.
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The play is organized into two acts conandshy;taining four dramatic sections and#147;Discovering Love,and#8221; and#147;Seeking Advice about Love,and#8221; and#147;Havandshy;ing Problems with Love,and#8221; and and#147;Finding Soluandshy;tions to Loveand#8217;s Problems.and#8221; To the right of each page of text is a clear, understandable glossary defining difficult words; at the botandshy;tom of these pages occasional longer notes explicate obscure or difficult references; each facing left-hand page contains stage diandshy;rections. This creates a theatrical prompt-book format, leaving plenty of blank space for recording notes, ideas, and stage directions.
Synopsis
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.
About the Author
Libby Appel is Dean of the School of Theandshy;atre at the California Institute of the Arts and is author of Mask Characterization: An Acting Process.
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Miandshy;chael Flachmann, Professor of English, Calandshy;ifornia State College, Bakersfield, specializes in Shakespearean drama and Renaissance studies.