Shakespeare in Hollywood: A New PlayWinner! of the 2004 Helen Hayes Award for Best New Play It's 1934, and Shakespeare's most famous fairies, Oberon and Puck, have magically materialized on the Warner Bros. Hollywood set of Max Reinhardt's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Instantly smitten by the glitz and glamour of show biz, the two are ushered onto the silver screen to play (who else?) themselves. With a little help from a feisty flower, blonde bombshells, movie moguls, and arrogant "asses" are tossed into loop |
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... What on earth would that master of American screwball comedy want with a classical , Shakespeare ensemble ? As Literary Manager at the RSC at the time I was a champion of poetic theatre , pursuing commissions that tended towards ...
... What on earth would that master of American screwball comedy want with a classical , Shakespeare ensemble ? As Literary Manager at the RSC at the time I was a champion of poetic theatre , pursuing commissions that tended towards ...
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... What if , in this colli- sion , the modern dress performers get confused with the doublet- and - hosed , take a wrong turning and end up on the wrong stage in the wrong play , mused Ken . We laughed and laughed as he impro- vised and ...
... What if , in this colli- sion , the modern dress performers get confused with the doublet- and - hosed , take a wrong turning and end up on the wrong stage in the wrong play , mused Ken . We laughed and laughed as he impro- vised and ...
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... what I learnt from Ken as we developed it first with the RSC ( who didn't produce it , internal political changes get- ting in the way ) and most recently in a try - out reading at Bristol Old Vic where I am now Artistic Director , is ...
... what I learnt from Ken as we developed it first with the RSC ( who didn't produce it , internal political changes get- ting in the way ) and most recently in a try - out reading at Bristol Old Vic where I am now Artistic Director , is ...
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... Arena Stage for mounting the premiere and helping me select such a clever director , Kyle Donnelly , and such an inspired cast . Ken Ludwig Washington , D.C. March 29 , 2005 For Olivia and Jack , my two Shakespeareans What is.
... Arena Stage for mounting the premiere and helping me select such a clever director , Kyle Donnelly , and such an inspired cast . Ken Ludwig Washington , D.C. March 29 , 2005 For Olivia and Jack , my two Shakespeareans What is.
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A New Play Ken Ludwig. For Olivia and Jack , my two Shakespeareans What is love ? ' Tis not hereafter , Present.
A New Play Ken Ludwig. For Olivia and Jack , my two Shakespeareans What is love ? ' Tis not hereafter , Present.
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