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 Newlins student groups at the Folgers annual Secondary School Shakespeare Festival and includes dynamic stage directions and incisive performance notes to help teachers and students bring Shakespeares plays to life. The 30Minute Shakespeare Anthology includes one scene and monologue from eighteen of Shakespeares greatest plays including Romeo and Juliet Macbeth Hamlet Othello A Midsummer Nights Dream Julius Caesar Much Ado About Nothing As You Like It The Merchant of Venice and The Taming of the Shrew. Additionally the anthology contains a scene and monologue from Henry IV Part I King Lear As You Like It The Comedy of Errors The Tempest Twelfth Night The Merry Wives of Windsor and Loves Labors Lost. Also featured is an essay by editor Nick Newlin on how to produce a Shakespeare play with novice actors and notes about the original production of this abridgment at the Folger Shakespeare Librarys annual Student Shakespeare Festival. Each scene and monologue has accompanying notes and performance suggestions. show more