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Shakespeare Playing time: 2 acts, 1 hour Cast: 10W, 8M Age level: Junior High, High School, College MER107 $8.95 Performance rights for stage or classroom granted with purchase of 15 or more playbooks Twelfth Night A Student’s Version of Shakespeare’s Delightful Situation Comedy Adapted by Cheryl Capshaw Shakespeare was more than a writer of beautiful dialogue - he made audiences laugh with comical stage action, too. Two narrators make this delightful two-act comedy shorter and more manageable. After a shipwreck, twins Olivia and Sebastian wash up on the shore of Illyria. Each thinks the other perished. Viola disguises herself as a man and becomes the favourite of Duke Orsino and Countess Olivia. The Duke wants to marry the Countess, but she prefers Cesario (Viola’s disguised male identity). Later Sebastian arrives, and no one knows who anyone is! Great Shakespeare classic. Simplified staging possible. Mentone Educational Centre 215 Chesterville Road Moorabbin Victoria 3189 Playing time: About 1 hour Cast: 22 players (mixed), plus optional number of fairies Age level: Junior High, High School, College MER152 $8.95 Performance rights for stage or classroom granted with purchase of 15 or more playbooks Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream A Shortened Version of Shakespeare’s Most Popular Comedy By Dr. Carolyn Harper The rollicking good fun of Shakespeare’s famous comedy remains though a narrator serves to simplify the lengthy original. Puck’s play-within-a-play and his cast of silly fellows provide delightful stage action to accompany the magical mixed-up love affairs of Lysander and Hermea and Demetrius and Helena. A fast-moving adaptation that keeps the flavour of Elizabethan duologue but without confusion or loss of meaning. The cast may be tailored to suit the availability of performers. The fairies may be as few as four actors or expanded to many. Most of the parts can optionally be men or women. Playing time: About 1 hour Cast: Mixed - 20 to 35 roles (doubling possible) Age level: Junior High, High School, College MER153 $8.95 Performance rights for stage or classroom granted with purchase of 10 or more scripts Shakespeare’s Hamlet Paraphrased Into Modern English By Dee White This superb translation is the product of two years of editing, experimentation and improvement. The feel and beauty of the original work remains – only difficult passages of Elizabethan usage have been edited. The classic soliloquies remain as in the original. Now, with only a single reading, students can achieve basic understanding of the play allowing time during a study unit to discuss Hamlet’s character, conflicts, relationships and other important elements. The play, as written, may be used for a stage production or as a classroom resource. Playing time: About 1 hour Cast: Mixed - 15 or more roles (optional doubling) Age level: Middle Grades, Junior High, High School MER385 $8.95 Performance rights for stage or classroom granted with purchase of 10 or more playbooks As You Like It A Student Version of Shakespeare’s Classic Play By Christopher Davis and Sean W. Develin This modern language version holds closely to Shakespeare’s original lines. It is playable for students from middle grades to high school, the staging easily adaptable to any selected age level. The fun of Shakespeare’s charming characters and plot remains in place. After a single read through your students will understand the story line and can immediately begin to enjoy playing their roles. Simplified staging possible. Costumes and props offer a creative opportunity. May be staged or used as a text for classroom presentation. Playing time: 1½ hours Cast: Mixed – 27 to 35 roles (doubling possible) Age level: Junior High, High School, College MER155 $8.95 Performance rights for stage or classroom granted with purchase of 15 or more playbooks Shakespeare’s Macbeth A Student Version of Shakespeare’s Classic Tragedy Adapted by Robert Herold Shortened and simplified from the original, this adaptation can easily be staged by young student performers. All of the classic duologue passages and soliloquies remain, retaining the basic beauty of Shakespeare’s original Elizabethan version. After a single reading, students will be able to understand the characters, the plot and the subplots. Suggestions for a simplified setting and costumes are included. May be staged or used as a text for classroom use. Playing time: 5 acts, 1½ hours Cast: 21 to 35 roles (optional doubling) Age level: Junior High, High School, College MER157 $8.95 Performance rights for stage or classroom granted with purchase of 15 or more playbooks Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet An Adaptation of Shakespeare’s Classic for Student Performance By Robert Herold This modern English adaptation provides a literate and exciting introduction to Shakespeare. No other play deals better with the universal concerns of youth: romantic love, physical desire, conflicts with civil authorities, impulsive behaviour, gangs, honour, depression and suicide. A bare stage can be enough for this play of action. Costumes and props can also be simple. Production notes explain staging and discussion possibilities about this play, Shakespearean theatre, suicide and related topics. Shortened and simplified language makes this version excellent for classroom use. Playing time: 40 to 50 minutes Cast: 16 to 20 players Age level: Junior High, High School MER281 $30.95 Complete playkit with 17 scripts Playing time: 30-35 minutes Cast: 17 with doubling, up to 40 parts Age level: All ages MER090 $30.95 Complete playkit with 12 scripts and rights to reproduce copies Romeo and Julie A Shakespearean Comedy Delight By Bill Comeau Youthful action-theatre bursting with situation comedy laughs. Even Shakespeare himself would chortle through this teenage spoof of his great love story. All dialogue in modern idiom and slang. Fun for both actors and audience. Hello Shakespeare! A Comic Introduction to the Man and his Plays By Joseph P. Kochiss This farce is an entertaining way to introduce student actors and their audiences to the wonderful world of Shakespeare. A narrator and his irreverent helper comically describe the playwright. In protest, Will himself appears. Will’s characters are then rudely introduced and they recite famous lines in iambic pentameter. Several scenes from Othello, As You Like It, Hamlet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream are presented with outrageous stage action. Designed to stimulate interest in Shakespeare’s work and to encourage the audience to attend a Shakespeare play. Adaptable for simple or elaborate staging. May also be used in the classroom as a teaching tool. Includes nine major speaking parts and eight mimes. 32 Prices Shown Do Not Include the GST - Add 10% Check our website for latest releases and pricing
Phone (03) 9553 3234 Fax (03) 9553 4562 Email sales@mentone-educational.com.au Web www.mentone-educational.com.au Playing time: 5 to 7 minutes each Cast: 3 to 5 players each Age level: All ages MER087 $29.95 Complete playkit with 6 scripts Mythology/Storytelling Playing time: 5 to 10 minutes each Cast: 3 to 4 players each Age level: All ages MER088 $29.95 Complete playkit with 6 scripts Readers Theatre from Greek Mythology I Six Classic Tales for a Mixed Cast By Joanne F. Karr Suddenly, ancient images become clear. The audience responds to the drama of early mythology. They see how greatly our art and literature have been influenced by the culture of early Greece. The stories demonstrate how Western man first tried to understand himself in the context of an unknown world. Each tale is told with classic simplicity and charm. Myths Include › Daedalus and Icarus › Arachne and Athena › Persephone and Hades › Prometheus and Pandora Readers Theatre from Greek and Roman Mythology II By Janet Litherland This is a sequel collection of dramatized myths from the ancient world. This group includes both Greek and Roman myths. This series offers unique staging effects that are both simple and effective. Pronunciation guide is included with each script. Myths Include › Pegasus and the Pride of Bellerophon – The winged horse and rider conquer all foes, until pride brings on a fall › Orpheus and Eurydice – The musician charms the guards of Hades to retrieve his new wife, only to lament his failure DVD: 30 min MER178 $34.95 VHS: 10 min MER116 $34.95 DVD: 10 min MER228 $34.95 Those Fabulous Folks on Mount Olympus An Introduction to the Greek and Roman Gods By Lafe Locke Viewers of this uniquely entertaining video/DVD will learn more than merely the identities of the most famous Greek and Roman gods. They will learn how these fascinating personalities have become part of our language and culture – why our rockets are called Titans and Apollos, where we got words such as cereal, January, June and March, and how our planets got their names. Homer’s stories of the Iliad and Odyssey are brought to life by the narration of an irreverent Hesiod and lively colour artwork. The Greek and Roman names of each god or goddess are printed on screen as students learn how the Romans changed the original Greek gods. A superb resource for any unit on mythology or ancient literature. Playing time: 20 minutes Cast: 4M, 4W, chorus Age level: Middle Grades, High School MER348 $30.95 Playkit includes 9 scripts and rights to reproduce copies. Monsters of Greek Mythology Introduction to Greek Mythology Artwork by Debbie Drechsler Script by Ted Zapel Students quickly see how much the ancient Greeks were like us in creating fantasy images. Though they had no TV or movies, their imaginations spawned beings so fanciful that they are part of our Western culture today. Twenty-three mythic monsters are shown in the context of their deeds. A superb resource for stimulating interest in mythology. Illustrations Include › Pegasus › The Sphinx › The Sirens › The Minotaur › The Centaurs › Cerberus Playing time: About 30 minutes Cast: 2 boys, 2 girls Age level: High School, College MER052 $30.95 Complete playkit with 5 scripts Medea – A Homegirl’s Story A Modern Version of Euripides’ Tragic Tale By Mary Krell-Oishi A unique and powerful adaptation of the Greek classic written to shock and hold your audience spellbound! Staged in the ancient Greek style, the chorus’s lines are modernized into teenage slang. Medea’s poetic lines are from the original public domain translation. The contrast of modern against classic language adds incredible zest and comic wit to this monstrously tragic tale. Medea seeks a terrible revenge on Jason for discarding her for another woman. This educational class project will long be remembered. Your literature department will love it! Children of the Holocaust A Drama Commemorating the Children of the Holocaust By Robert Mauro After World War II, over 200 children’s diaries like Anne Frank’s were found. What happened to these children? Who might they have been if they had survived? This play of remembrance speaks poignantly of the hopes and dreams of Anne, David, Rachael and Michael, victims of the holocaust. It portrays their courage and their faith, and what they might have seen had they lived. It is a commemorative testimony to the courage of these many unfortunate children. It says they will not – and must not ever – be forgotten. Playing time: 45 minutes to 1 hour Cast: Variable up to 30 performers Age level: Junior High, High School, College MER300 $30.95 Complete playkit with 10 scripts and rights to reproduce copies Playing time: 30 to 60 minutes (optional) Cast: 10 to 16 read Age level: All ages MER298 $30.95 Complete playkit with 10 scripts and rights to reproduce copies Christmas in the Land of Oz An Adventure Fantasy for Holiday Audiences By Tamara Tudor Dorothy and Toto, Scarecrow, Tin Man, the Lion and the Munchkins! All your favourites are here in this Christmas adaptation of the classic Oz stories. In this lively staging the Wicked Witch of the Northwest has stolen Christmas, and Dorothy and her friends find a way to return it to Munch-kinland. A delightful show full of action and many parts for all types of performers, including a small country-rock group. The holiday appeal will please all ages. Christmas Comes But Once a Year A Readers Theatre Variety Presentation for Christmas By Melvin R. White This Christmas special includes views of the yuletide season combined into a single program. The old and the modern, the religious and the secular, the sentimental and the humorous – all are wonderfully mixed in this free-flowing Readers Theatre narrative. Biblical quotes, historical extracts, public notices, old carols, literary quotes, poetry and dramatic sequences. A delightful compendium of the spoken arts to express the complete message of Christmas in all its meanings. www.mentone-educational.com.au Prices Shown Do Not Include the GST - Add 10% 33
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