Shakespeare's Dead Dudes
- Full Length Play, Comedy, Present Day
- 7M
- ISBN: TRW-13341
A comic romp that evokes Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit meets Luigi Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author meets Monty Python’s Flying Circus.
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Description
- Full Length Play
- Comedy
- Time Period: Present Day
- Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
- Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set
- Performance Group:
- High School/Secondary, College Theatre / Student
After their in-performance deaths, six Shakespearean characters find themselves in a holding area until the play they are a character in gets revived by another Shakespeare company so that they can (re)live their tragedy over (and over) again.
It’s a comic romp that evokes Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit meets Luigi Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author meets Monty Python’s Flying Circus.
Scripts available through TRW Plays.
It’s a comic romp that evokes Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit meets Luigi Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author meets Monty Python’s Flying Circus.
Scripts available through TRW Plays.
Characters
- Casting: 7M
- Casting Attributes: All Male
CAESAR — From the play Julius Caesar. 30s to 60s. Prim, judgmental. Numerous knives (as few as 8, as many as 23) sticking out of his back from the assassination. Has an interdental lisp. Carries an ornamental staff to indicate his leadership.
DIRECTOR — 20s to 60s. Affected, British accent. Pretentious and lofty. Carries a clipboard and pen.
OTHELLO — From the play Othello. 30s to 60s. Grandiose, remorseful. Sword through his belly of his own doing. Carries a handkerchief with strawberries embroidered on it.
ROMEO — From the play Romeo and Juliet. Teens to 30s. Dashing, idealistic. Sickly complexion from poison.
RICHARD — From the play Richard III. 30s to 60s. Whiny, petulant. Sword in his back. Still has his own sword.
MACBETH — From the play Macbeth. 30s to 60s. Regretful, humiliated. Decapitated by Macduff. Carries his head cradled in his hands which he operates as a puppeteer would.
