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'A Thirty Minute Twelfth Night' by Shakespeare, abridged Bill Tordoff - additional information.


'A Thirty Minute Twelfth Night' by Shakespeare, abridged Bill Tordoff
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Period and Geography
Location: a non-specific location. Time Period: Medieval
Settings and Set Complexity
Number of Sets: 0
Setting: Living Room, Garden, Wilderness, Castle Interior and Street
Set Requirements: No Set and Practical Doors/Windows
The script includes characters in the following age range(s):
Unspecified ages
 Language Advisory:Help
Swearing rate: 1 rude word per thousand
We have identified the following types of language in the text:
Mild swearwords
Potential blasphemy
In addition to the text, the "Producer's Copy" of the Script includes the following:
A list of the required properties
A list of the required sound effects
A lighting plot
Style:
Abridgement of William Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night', with the original text cut down to around 40 minutes (despite the title!)
(The abridgement is copyrighted, so we charge for scripts and copying rights, but performances are royalty-free.)
Synopsis:
A comedy of mistaken identity, as the shipwrecked Viola poses as a page boy at the court of the Duke of Orsino, where she falls for the Duke, whilst Olivia, the object of the Duke's affections, is smitten with the handsome page boy! All ends happily, but only after a great deal of confusion, and the arrival of Viola's lost twin brother.
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