Shakespeare Revue, The
- Full Length Play, Comedy
- 2M, 2F
- ISBN: 9781854592590
An enchanting collection of witty music and skits about the Bard.
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Description
- Full Length Play
- Comedy
- Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
- Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set
- Performance Group:
- High School/Secondary, Community Theatre
An enchanting collection of witty music and skits about the Bard.
Devised for, and first performed by, the Royal Shakespeare Company, this show has been a hit with audiences all over the world. It includes songs and sketches by Alan Bennett, Noël Coward, Stephen Sondheim, Fry and Laurie, Monty Python, Victoria Wood and many more.
Christopher Luscombe and Malcom McKee's The Shakespeare Revue was first staged the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1994, later transferring to the West End.
PROGRAMME
REVIEWS:
Devised for, and first performed by, the Royal Shakespeare Company, this show has been a hit with audiences all over the world. It includes songs and sketches by Alan Bennett, Noël Coward, Stephen Sondheim, Fry and Laurie, Monty Python, Victoria Wood and many more.
Christopher Luscombe and Malcom McKee's The Shakespeare Revue was first staged the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1994, later transferring to the West End.
PROGRAMME
Part One:
Prologue: Quoting Shakespeare – by Bernard Levin
The Music Hall Shakespeare – words by Worton David, music by Harry Fragson
Who Was William Shakespeare? – by Patrick Barlow
If You Go Down to the Vault Tonight – words by Jimmy Kennedy, music by John W Bratton, revised words by Mary Holtby
And How Is Hamlet? – by Perry Pontac
Moody Dane – words by Herbert Farjeon, music by John Pritchett
Give Us A Rest – by Sandy Wilson, additional words by Nicola Keen and Malcolm McKee
The Man Who Speaks in Anagrams – by Monty Python
Shakespeare Masterclass – by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie
The Heroine the Opera House Forgot – words by Laurence Phillips, music by Carlton Edwards and Giuseppe Verdi, additional words by Malcolm McKee
Swap a Jest – words by Tim Brooke-Taylor and Bill Oddie, music by Bill Oddie
Away with the Fairies – by Dillie Keane
Fear No More – words by William Shakespeare, music by Stephen Sondheim
Kings Ain't What They Used To Be – John Cooper
Carrying A Torch – words by Anthony Drewe, music by George Stiles
Giving Notes – by Victoria Wood
In Shakespeare's Day – words by Anthony Drewe, music by George Stiles
Part Two:
PC or not PC – words by Maureen Lipman, music by Denis King, additional words by Nicola Keen
Stage Directions – by Michael Green
So That's the Way You Like It – by Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller and Dudley Moore
Ladies of London – words by Caryl Brahms and Ned Sherrin, music by Malcolm McKee
The English Lesson – words by Adèle Anderson and Dillie Keane, music by Dillie Keane
The Repertory Actor – by Guy Boas
Wherefore Art Thou, Juliet? – by Alan Melville
Anecdotage – by Derek Nimmo
The Night I Appeared as Macbeth – by William Hargreaves, revised words by Tom Lehrer
The Curtain – by Guy Boas
Brush Up Your Shakespeare – by Cole Porter
Curtain Speech – by Ronald Harwood
Will Power – words by Kevin Hammonds, music by Charles Miller
Let's Do It – words by Linda Bassett and Christopher Luscombe, based on the original by Cole Porter, additional words by Noël Coward, further words by Jeremy Browne, Clive Hayward, Nicola Keen and Malcolm McKee
Put Out the Light – words by William Shakespeare, music by Malcolm McKee
REVIEWS:
"Absolute bliss."
The Times
"A rave review."
Daily Telegraph
"I adored it."
Daily Mail
"Hilarious."
Time Out
Premiere Production:
RSC, Barbican Centre and West End, 1994.
Characters
- Casting: 2M, 2F
- Casting Attributes: Good role(s) for older performers
- Casting Notes: 1 pianist
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