Hamlet: The 30-Minute Shakespeare

Including Stage Directions for All Levels of Experience

Author: William Shakespeare and Nick Newlin Series: 30-Minute Shakespeare

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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 theprocess of performing a Shakespearescene.” --Janet Field-Pickering, head ofeducation, Folger Shakespeare Library“Wonderfully informative and fun.You can’t do better.” –Charles P. Lord,Headmaster, St. Timothy’s SchoolBaltimore, MD“Truly an advocate of the child, of the arts and of humanity.”--Tia Powell HarrisEducation, 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 CommunicationsLake Lowell High School, Winter Park, FL“Nick Newlin’s 30-minute play cuttingsare perfect for students who have noexperience with Shakespeare. Each 30-minute mini-playis a play in itself with a beginning, middle, and end.”—MichaelEllis-Tolaydo,Chairman, Dept. of Theatre St. Mary’s College, Maryland

An abridgement for performance by young people and amateur adults, "road tested" at the Folger Shakespeare Library's Student Shakespeare Festival.

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An abridgement for performance by young people and amateur adults, "road tested" at the Folger Shakespeare Library's Student Shakespeare Festival.

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Age range 12+

Hamlet: The 30-Minute Shakespeare offers five scenes from this enduring tragedy. The Ghost of Hamlet's father calls for vengeance, and Hamlet uses the players to prove Claudius guilty. The cutting includes the murder of Polonius, Ophelia's mad scene, and the timeless "To be or not to be" speech, climaxing in the swordfight and poisoning that bring the story to its riveting end.

The edition includes helpful advice by Nick Newlin on how to put on a Shakespeare production in a high school class with novice actors, as well as tips for performing the specific play and recommendations for further resources.

About the Author

Nick Newlin has performed a juggling and variety act for international audiences for 23 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.

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Age range 12+ Hamlet: The 30-Minute Shakespeare offers five scenes from this enduring tragedy. The Ghost of Hamlet's father calls for vengeance, and Hamlet uses the players to prove Claudius guilty. The cutting includes the murder of Polonius, Ophelia's mad scene, and the timeless "To be or not to be" speech, climaxing in the swordfight and poisoning that bring the story to its riveting end. The edition includes helpful advice by Nick Newlin on how to put on a Shakespeare production in a high school class with novice actors, as well as tips for performing the specific play and recommendations for further resources.