Nick Newlin

Contains eighteen abridged scenes from Shakespeare's most popular plays with monologues for thirty-minute performances. Each scene includes stage directions and performance and monologue notes.

A thirty-minute abridgement of Shakespeare's "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," in which the friendship between Valentine and Proteus becomes strained when they both fall in love with the same woman. Includes stage directions and character suggestions.

Presents Shakespeare's comedy "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in which two sets of lovers get lost in the woods and become caught up in a dispute between the fairy king and queen, along with a group of local artisans preparing a play for Duke Theseus' wedding; abridged to be performed in thirty minutes while maintaining the original language, with stage directions and character suggestions.

A thirty-minute adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar," telling the story of the play while keeping Shakespeare's language intact. Includes stage directions and character suggestions.

"Drawing on his eighteen years of experience as a teaching artist for Folger Shakespeare Library, Nick Newlin offers eighteen scenes to get young actors on their feet performing Shakespeare with confidence, understanding, and fun! Each scene averages five minutes in length, containing two to six characters, and features a monologue that young performers can use in performance, audition, or competition. Every scene has been 'road tested' by one of...