Postcards from Shakespeare
by Allison Williams
35 Minutes, 6M+4W+5 Either, Simple Set
Suitable for High Schools and Middle Schools
Comedy and Shakespeare
About the Play
“The words just aren’t coming out… it used to be so easy! Bang out fifty-odd pages, rush it to the theatre, collect the money. But now, I am a block, a stone, a worse than senseless thing.”
Shakespeare has writer’s block. Nothing inspires him. The best he can come up with is “Now is the winter of our irritation!”
He pleads to the one person who can help him – Queen Elizabeth the First. Queen Lizzy, who could be a writer herself if she weren’t so busy crushing the Welsh, sends Shakespeare around the world in 30 minutes. Denmark! Venice! Egypt!
Join his whirlwind tour as he desperately searches for material. Star-crossed lovers! Surprise death! Shipwrecks! Something’s rotten in the state of Denmark…
