For those who love to read The First Folio, and would like a new spin on the Elizabethan formula, I dedicate this to you.
A quick note on how to "read" this script.
- It has never been performed, and contains a few details I would likely change in a workshop.
- It is written following the grammatic rules of Shakespeare's First Folio, in essence, much of the punctuation is written for actors and not for accuracy. In layman's terms: breathe only at periods, and audibly at semi-colons in the verse. Stress misplaced capitals and words with an additional e, and don't forget to follow the iambic pentameter.
- As with many of the Shakespeare plays, the use of verse is to lend some importance to the characters who are speaking, and prose is used for more "common" language.
- Unity can be read as a singular entity or can be a chorus of characters.
- Written staging is minimal (as they are often in Shakespeare's plays) to allow for flexibility in adaptation.
Download the original file here.
