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Lear's Labour's Lost

  • Jeff Goode
  • Full Length Play, Drama
  • 6M, 6F
  • ISBN: 9780874401905

Shakespeare's bloodiest romance. King Lear of Navarre splits up his kingdom, and swears off women, in hopes of spending more time with his books.

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama

  • Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, High School/Secondary
Shakespeare's bloodiest romance. King Lear of Navarre splits up his kingdom, and swears off women, in hopes of spending more time with his books. But the unexpected arrival of the Princess of France, and the presence of Lear's three beauteous daughters at court, threaten romantic and political chaos int he land.

From the authors of Romeo & Juliet [Caesar] and Ham/thello: the Moor of Denmark, award-winning playwright Jeff Goode intertwines two of Shakespeare's best-known plays in an original work of classic theatre. The third in a new series of collaborations between Goode and Shakespeare: the Bard's first new plays in 400 years.

  • Casting: 6M, 6F

  • LEAR - King of Navarre
    EARL OF KENT
    EARL OF GLOUCESTER
    COSTARD - Lear's fool
    EDGAR - Gloucester's elder son
    EDMUND - Gloucester's younger, bastard son

    PRINCESS - daughter of the king of France
    BOYET - a lady attending the Princess
    GONERIL - Lear's eldest daughter
    REGAN - Lear's second daughter
    CORDELIA - Lear's youngest daughter
    JAQUENETTA - a maidservant

    OSWALD - a steward

    SERVANTS, OFFICERS, CAPTAIN, HERALD, GENTLEMEN, SOLDIERS, MUSICIANS, LORDS, LADIES, and ATTENDANTS
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    Shakespeare's bloodiest romance. King Lear of Navarre splits up his kingdom, and swears off women, in hopes of spending more time with his books. But the unexpected arrival of the Princess of France, and the presence of Lear's three beauteous daughters at court, threaten romantic and political chaos int he land. From the authors of Romeo & Juliet [Caesar] and Ham/thello: the Moor of Denmark, award-winning playwright Jeff Goode intertwines two of Shakespeare's best-known plays in an original work of classic theatre. The third in a new series of collaborations between Goode and Shakespeare: the Bard's first new plays in 400 years.

    $24.95