Table of Contents

Preface: No Experience Necessary..................................... vi
Cast of Characters................................................... vIii
A Midsummer Night’s Dream......................................... 1
Performing Shakespeare................................................... 32
Performance Notes: A Midsummer Night’s Dream................ 51
Set and Prop List.............................................................. 57
Sample Program............................................................... 58
Additional Resources......................................................... 59

Promotional Information

Nick Newlin has broad experience marketing the Nicolo Whimsey Show to high school and library systems, and will incorporate The Thirty Minute Shakespeare into the Nicolo Whimsey website, mailings, school fairs, etc. We have purchased and successfully used theater mailing lists from MDR in the past, and will purchase new MDR lists aimed at the target users of The Thirty Minute Shakespeare for the initial launch, and annually or biannually thereafter. We expect that the abridgements will also be prominently cited by the Folger Shakespeare Library's very active Folger Education program, recognized and used extensively by thousands of high school and college educators and including blogs, webinars, lesson plans, and conferences.

About the Author

Nick Newlin has performed a variety act for international audiences for 38 years.  Since 1996, he has conducted an annual Play Directing residency affiliated with the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC. Nick has a BA from Harvard University with Honors 1982 and an MA in Theater from The University of Maryland with an emphasis on Play Directing.