Preface: No Experience
Necessary..................................... vi
Characters in the
Play........................................................
vIii
Macbeth
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1
Performing
Shakespeare...................................................
30
Performance Notes:
Macbeth............................................. 49
Set and Prop
List..............................................................
57
Sample
Program...............................................................
58
Additional
Resources.........................................................
59
Nick Newlin has broad experience marketing the Nicolo Whimsey Show to high school and library systems, and will incorporate The Thirty Minute Shakespeare into the Nicolo Whimsey website, mailings, school fairs, etc. We have purchased and successfully used theater mailing lists from MDR in the past, and will purchase new MDR lists aimed at the target users of The Thirty Minute Shakespeare for the initial launch, and annually or biannually thereafter. We expect that the abridgements will also be prominently cited by the Folger Shakespeare Library's 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.
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. Mr. Newlin now has 20 plays
in The 30-Minute Shakespeare series, plus
The 30-Minute Shakespeare Anthology: 18 Student Scenes with
Monologues.
In 2017 Mr. Newlin collaborated with Emmy Award winning The
Simpsons writer
Mike Reiss on a new play "Shakespeare's Worst", which had its world
premiere at
Bristol Shakespeare Festival in the UK in 2017. Shakespeare's
Worst
played in Summer 2018 at Utah Shakespeare Festival. Summer 2019
Shakespeare's Worst
will be produced by Capital Fringe Festival at Washington DC's
Arena Stage.
The Nicolo Whimsey Show has performed at The Smithsonian's
Discovery Theatre
where they were honored with Legacy Artist award,
The National Theatre in Washington, DC, and the White House William
Shakespeare 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616was an English poet,
playwright and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the
English language and the world's greatest dramatist.He is often
called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon".His extant
works, including collaborations, consist of approximately 39
plays,154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other
verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been
translated into every major living language and are performed more
often than those of any other playwright.[
Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon,
Warwickshire. . Sometime between 1585 and 1592, he began a
successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner of
a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as
the King's Men.
His early plays were primarily comedies and histories and are
regarded as some of the best work produced in these genres. Until
about 1608, he wrote mainly tragedies, among them Hamlet, Othello,
King Lear, and Macbeth, all considered to be among the finest works
in the English language. In the last phase of his life, he wrote
tragicomedies (also known as romances) and collaborated with other
playwrights.
Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, Shakespeare's works have
been continually adapted and rediscovered by new movements in
scholarship and performance. His plays remain popular and are
studied, performed, and reinterpreted through various cultural and
political contexts around the world.
What people are saying about The 30-Minute Shakespeare series:
“…A truly fun, emotional, and sometimes magical first
experience…guided by a sagacious, knowledgeable, and intuitive
educator.”—Library Journal
“A master at engaging students in the
process of performing a Shakespeare
scene.” --Janet Field-Pickering, head of
education, Folger Shakespeare Library
“Wonderfully informative and fun.
You can’t do better.” –Charles P. Lord,
Headmaster, St. Timothy’s School
Baltimore, MD
“Truly an advocate of the child, of the arts and of humanity.”
--Tia Powell Harris
Education, Kennedy Center
'From a teacher's perspective, this book was a great way to
introduce students to a Shakespeare play they otherwise might never
have encountered in high school… much more fun working with the
adaptation than it might have been if i had tackled the full
script. I strongly recommend this book (and the rest of the series)
to educators who want to introduce a variety of Shakespeare plays
to their students in a limited amount of time.
--James Brendlinger, Chairman, Department of Arts and
Communications
Lake Lowell High School, Winter Park, FL
“Nick Newlin’s 30-minute play cuttings
are perfect for students who have no
experience with Shakespeare. Each 30-minute mini-play
is a play in itself with a beginning, middle, and end.”—Michael
Ellis-Tolaydo,
Chairman, Dept. of Theatre St. Mary’s College, Maryland
What people are saying about The 30-Minute Shakespeare series:
A truly fun, emotional, and sometimes magical first
experience
guided by a sagacious, knowledgeable, and intuitive
educator.”Library Journal
A master at engaging students in the
process of performing a Shakespeare
scene.” --Janet Field-Pickering, head of
education, Folger Shakespeare Library
Wonderfully informative and fun.
You can’t do better.” Charles P. Lord,
Headmaster, St. Timothy’s School
Baltimore, MD
Truly an advocate of the child, of the arts and of humanity.”
--Tia Powell Harris
Education, Kennedy Center
'From a teacher's perspective, this book was a great way to
introduce students to a Shakespeare play they otherwise might never
have encountered in high school
much more fun working with the
adaptation than it might have been if i had tackled the full
script. I strongly recommend this book (and the rest of the series)
to educators who want to introduce a variety of Shakespeare plays
to their students in a limited amount of time.
--James Brendlinger, Chairman, Department of Arts and
Communications
Lake Lowell High School, Winter Park, FL
Nick Newlin’s 30-minute play cuttings
are perfect for students who have no
experience with Shakespeare. Each 30-minute mini-play
is a play in itself with a beginning, middle, and end.”Michael
Ellis-Tolaydo,
Chairman, Dept. of Theatre St. Mary’s College, Maryland
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