Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona for Kids: 3 Short Melodramatic Plays for 3 Group Sizes (Playing With Plays) - Softcover

Kelso, Brendan P; Newman, Suzy; Shakespeare, William; Zamir, Asif

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1517392497 ISBN 13: 9781517392499

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

Who will you be? Buddies Valentine or Proteus? Julia? Silvia? Crab the dog!?!

Two Gentlemen of Verona like you have never experienced it before: quick, fun, and easy to understand. Designed for 5-16+ actors, kids, families, or anyone who wants to enjoy and perform Shakespeare's classic play.

Two Gentlemen of Verona for Kids is a play versatile enough for sibling fun, classes, drama groups, homeschool groups, or backyard performances. It's appropriate and fun for all ages! Plays range from 15 to 25 minutes. Which character will your kids be?!

What you will get:

• Fun!
• 3 hilarious modifications for group sizes:
  • 5-8
  • 7-10
  • 10-16+
• Actual lines from Shakespeare's play highlighted for easy identification
• Creatively funny and witty telling of the remaining script
• A delightfully funny rendition that is easy for ADULTS to understand too!
• A kid who loves Shakespeare!

This mini-melodramatic masterpiece is sure to spark a love of Shakespeare. Shakespeare is difficult enough in class or watching onstage, let alone trying to teach the stories to children, but as the author's mantra states in the book, "there is no better way to learn than to have fun! "Kids who have read this have also eventually purchased the entire Shakespeare works, and have completed 'hero' reports on Shakespeare at school. Guaranteed to have you coming back for more!

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1517392497
• ISBN 13: 9781517392499
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Hallmeyer Shana, Leishman Ron
• Number of pages: 103