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Scene-Speare!: Shakespearean Scenes for Student Actors

edited by Lindsay Price Canadian Author

Scene-Speare! offers a selection of age-appropriate scenes by Shakespeare. Each one has been hand-picked for the student actor.

The scenes come with acting tips, background information, character notes, and vocabulary assistance.

Includes selections for two men, two women, one man and one woman, and group scenes.

Comedy Drama Shakespeare

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

At a Glance

Set
Simple set
Length
127 pages
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Cast List

Characters in this play are currently identified as male or female. Directors are welcome to assign any gender (binary or non-binary) to any character and modify pronouns accordingly.

Two Women

  • Julia and Lucetta ................................. The Two Gentlemen of Verona
  • Olivia and Viola .................................. Twelfth Night
  • Juliet and Nurse .................................. Romeo and Juliet
  • Rosalind and Celia .............................. As You Like It
  • Juliet and Nurse .................................. Romeo and Juliet
  • Julia and Silvia .................................... The Two Gentlemen of Verona
  • Adriana and Luciana ........................... The Comedy of Errors

Two Men

  • Antipholus and Dromio........................ The Comedy of Errors
  • Arthur and Hubert ............................... King John
  • Benvolio and Romeo............................ Romeo and Juliet
  • First and Second Murderer................... Richard III
  • Falstaff and Prince Henry ..................... Henry IV Part One
  • Dromio and Antipholus........................ The Comedy of Errors
  • Claudio and Benedick ......................... Much Ado About Nothing

One Woman and One Man

  • Cloten and Imogen ............................. Cymbeline
  • Romeo and Nurse ............................... Romeo and Juliet
  • Paulina and Leontes ............................ The Winter’s Tale
  • Orsino and Viola................................. Twelfth Night
  • Albany and Goneril ............................. King Lear
  • Beatrice and Benedick ......................... Much Ado About Nothing
  • Marina and Leonine ............................ Pericles, Prince of Tyre
  • Suffolk and Margaret........................... Henry VI Part One
  • Demetrius and Hermia ........................ A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  • Petruchio and Katherine....................... The Taming of the Shrew
  • Phebe and Silvius ................................ As You Like It
  • Luciana and Antipholus ....................... The Comedy of Errors
  • Regan and Oswald.............................. King Lear

Group Scenes

  • Olivia, Maria, Malvolio ........................ Twelfth Night
  • Iago, Desdemona, Emilia..................... Othello
  • Don Pedro, Claudio, Benedick ............. Much Ado About Nothing
  • Hero, Beatrice, Ursula ......................... Much Ado About Nothing
  • Host, Julia, Proteus, Silvia .................... The Two Gentlemen of Verona
  • Princess, Rosaline, Katharine, Maria ..... Love’s Labour’s Lost
  • Helena, Lysander, Demetrius, Hermia .. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  • Charmian, Iras, Alexas, Soothsayer ...... Antony and Cleopatra
  • Diana, Mariana, Widow, Helena.......... All’s Well That Ends Well
  • First & Second Murderers, Clarence...... Richard III
  • Oliver, Celia, Rosalind......................... As You Like It

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