Shakespearean Plays - ROYALTY FREE
Our plays have been written and edited for optimal stage performance. Our packaged Script binder or CD includes the script of the play, story summary, character summaries, set and property list, costumes, and notes on casting. We have striven to incorporate the original purity, literacy, and intent of William Shakespeare with no dumbing down of his verse to appease contemporary standards.

Coming Soon: As You Like It for both Teens and for the Littlest Players
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Shakespearean Plays - for Teens and Adults
A Midsummer Night’s Dream

This is an adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most popular and picturesque “romantic” comedies. Though abridged, the verse is as Shakespeare wrote it. It is neither contemporized nor dumbed down, only edited in quantity to keep the story and character unfoldment moving quickly. We have included beautiful illustrations for our title and scene divider pages.

Story summary: In Athens, a young girl, Hermia, is forbidden by her father to marry the man she loves, Lysander. She is brought before the Duke of Athens who gives Hermia four days to obey her father and marry Demetrius or receive the penalty of death. Lysander, in love with Hermia, arranges for them to run off to his aunt’s house beyond the forest and there be married. Hermia confides her plan to Helena who then tells Demetrius, whom she loves. They follow the runaway lovers into the forest. Now the wood they enter is enchanted. Oberon, King of the Fairies, and his queen, Titania have recently quarrelled. Oberon employs a mischievous fairy called Puck to find a special flower so he may cast a spell on Titania and make her fall in love with the first creature she sees. Puck mistakenly squeezes the juice of the flower into the eyes of Lysander who then believes himself in love with Helena. In the meantime, a group of rustic actors appear in the forest to rehearse a play they are to perform before the Duke at his nuptial feast. One of the actors, Bottom, is turned into an Ass by Puck and it is this Ass that Titania sees upon waking from her spell-cast sleep. In the end, the lovers are reconciled as are Titania and Oberon and the actors are triumphant before the court of the Duke.

Cast: 12 male roles (8 principal/4 minor); 9 female roles (4 principal/5 minor)
Running time: 1 hour. No Intermission
PRICE: PAYMENT OPTIONS:
Script binder only: $49.95 plus actual priority mail
 Paypal (preferred)
CD only: $29.95 plus actual priority mail Money Order or Personal Check
Book binder and CD: $64.95 plus actual priority mail
The Merchant of Venice

Another abridged adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s romantic comedies though this one is more a romantic drama. We have included beautiful illustrations for our title and scene divider pages. For those of you with younger actors, please click here to find out about our Littlest Player’s adaptation of the same play.

Story summary: Antonio, a rich and noble merchant of Venice, takes out a loan from Shylock the Jew to help his kinsman, Bassanio, court the wealthy and fair Portia. In his will, Portia’s father bound her wedded fate by creating a lottery whereby only he who chooses rightly among the caskets of gold, silver or lead can win her for his bride. Soon after Bassanio chooses the right casket, he receives news of the demise of Antonio’s ships and thus the forfeiture of his bond to Shylock. By means of Portia’s clever disguise as a Doctor of Law, Shylock receives his full justice and all is reconciled. We have included beautiful illustrations for our title and scene divider pages.

Cast: 2 Narrators (Male or female)
10 male roles (9 principal/1 minor); 3 female principal roles.
Note: The role of Balthasar - Portia’s servant, may be played by a woman - thus increasing the female roles to 4
Running Time: 1 hour and 10 minutes
PRICE: PAYMENT OPTIONS:
Book only: $59.95 plus actual priority mail
 Paypal (preferred)
CD only: $34.95 plus actual priority mail Money Order or Personal Check
Book and CD: $74.95 plus actual priority mail
Shakespearean Plays - for the Littlest Players
A Midsummer Night’s Dream

This is an adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most popular and picturesque “romantic” comedies. Though abridged, the verse is as Shakespeare wrote it. It is neither contemporized nor dumbed down, only edited in quantity to keep the story and character unfoldment moving quickly. We have included beautiful illustrations for our title and scene divider pages.

Story summary: In Athens, a young girl, Hermia, is forbidden by her father to marry the man she loves, Lysander. She is brought before the Duke of Athens who gives Hermia four days to obey her father and marry Demetrius or receive the penalty of death. Lysander, in love with Hermia, arranges for them to run off to his aunt’s house beyond the forest and there be married. Hermia confides her plan to Helena who then tells Demetrius, whom she loves. They follow the runaway lovers into the forest. Now the wood they enter is enchanted. Oberon, King of the Fairies, and his queen, Titania have recently quarrelled. Oberon employs a mischievous fairy called Puck to find a special flower so he may cast a spell on Titania and make her fall in love with the first creature she sees. Puck mistakenly squeezes the juice of the flower into the eyes of Lysander who then believes himself in love with Helena. In the meantime, a group of rustic actors appear in the forest to rehearse a play they are to perform before the Duke at his nuptial feast. One of the actors, Bottom, is turned into an Ass by Puck and it is this Ass that Titania sees upon waking from her spell-cast sleep. In the end, the lovers are reconciled as are Titania and Oberon and the actors are triumphant before the court of the Duke.

Cast: 12 male roles (8 principal/4 minor); 9 female roles (4 principal/5 minor)
Running time: 1 hour. No Intermission
PRICE: PAYMENT OPTIONS:
Script binder only: $49.95 plus actual priority mail
 Paypal (preferred)
CD: $29.95 plus actual priority mail Money Order or Personal Check
Script binder and CD: $64.95 plus actual priority mail


The Merchant of Venice

Another abridged adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s romantic comedies though this one is more a romantic drama. We have included beautiful illustrations for our title and scene divider pages. For those of you with younger actors, please click here to find out about our Littlest Player’s adaptation of the same play.

Story summary: Antonio, a rich and noble merchant of Venice, takes out a loan from Shylock the Jew to help his kinsman, Bassanio, court the wealthy and fair Portia. In his will, Portia’s father bound her wedded fate by creating a lottery whereby only he who chooses rightly among the caskets of gold, silver or lead can win her for his bride. Soon after Bassanio triumphs, he receives news of the demise of Antonio’s ships and thus the forfeiture of his bond to Shylock. By means of Portia’s clever disguise as a Doctor of Law, Shylock receives his full justice and all is reconciled. We have included beautiful illustrations for our title and scene divider pages.

Cast: 2 Narrators (Male or female)
10 male roles (9 principal/1 minor); 3 female principal roles.
Note: The role of Balthasar - Portia’s servant, may be played by a woman - thus increasing the female roles to 4
Running Time: 50 minutes
PRICE: PAYMENT OPTIONS:
Script binder only: $49.95 plus actual priority mail
 Paypal (preferred)
CD: $29.95 plus actual priority mail Money Order or Personal Check
Script binder and CD: $64.95 plus actual priority mail