I, Shakespeare - Tim Crouch

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Résumé :
This brilliant collection of re-imagined stories is a perfect introduction to Shakespeare for students of all ages. They are funny, fresh, intriguing and poignant, and use a supreme storyteller's skill to bring us into the worlds of some of Shakespeare's best-loved characters and plays. A must for all teachers who want to excite and inspire their students about Shakespeare's work and the possibilities of theatre. Jacqui O'Hanlon, Director of Education Royal Shakespeare Company I, Shakespeare brings together Tim Crouch's take on four Shakespeare classics: Twelfth Night, Macbeth, The Tempest and A Midsummer Night's Dream. These solo pieces are written for younger audiences but their originality and strength make them suitablefor any age. Each play in this collection combines the need to tell Shakespeare's primary story with an opportunity for the secondary characters to finally have their say - Malvolio, Banquo, Caliban and Peaseblossom. Each play is different but all display a formal inventiveness and a philosophical playfulness that make them stand alone as brilliant examples of contemporary theatre....

Biographie:

Tim Crouch is a UK theatre artist based in Brighton. He writes plays, performs in them and takes responsibility for their production. He started to make his own work in 2003. Before then he was an actor.

Tim works with a number of associates and collaborators to produce his writing. There isn't a company structure...

Sommaire:
Tim Crouch is a critically acclaimed and award-winning playwright, director and performer. His plays include My Arm (Traverse Theatre/tour), An Oak Tree (Traverse Theatre, National Theatre, Off-Broadway/tour), ENGLAND - a play for galleries (Traverse Theatre/Fruitmarket Gallery/Whitechapel Gallery/tour), The Author (Royal Court/tour), I, Malvolio, I, Peaseblossom, I, Banquo, I, Caliban (Brighton Festival/tour) what happens to the hope at the end of the evening (with Andy Smith - Almeida festival/tour), Adler & Gibb (Royal Court/tour), Beginners (Unicorn Theatre), Total Immediate Collective Imminent Terrestrial Salvation (NTS/Royal Court/tour), I, Cinna (the poet) (RSC, Unicorn Theatre). Directing credits include The Complete Deaths for Spymonkey, Jeramee, Hartleby and Oooglemore (Unicorn Theatre/tour), and PEAT (The Ark, Dublin). He created and co-wrote the BBC TV series Don't Forget The Driver which won Best Comedy at the Venice TV Festival, 2019.
Other awards include an OBIE Special Citation, Writers Guild of Great Britain - Best Play for Young Audiences, Prix Italia for Best Radio Adaptation, two Total Theatre awards, a Fringe First, Herald Angel and Archangel and the John Whiting Award which he shared with Lucy Kirkwood in 2010....

Stunningly simplistic and spankingly brilliant idea...loaded with ideas and stuffed with so much well-intended fun that only the most pompous of purist could dare accuse it of sacrilege.--Venue Magazine This brilliant collection of re-imagined stories is a perfect introduction to Shakespeare for students of all ages. They are funny, fresh, intriguing and poignant, and use a supreme storyteller's skill to bring us into the worlds of some of Shakespeare's best-loved characters and plays. A must for all teachers who want to excite and inspire their students about Shakespeare's work and the possibilities of theatre.--Jacqui O'Hanlon, Director of Education, Royal Shakespeare Company An entertaining introduction to the Bard and an invaluable teaching aid, with much to offer both the novice and the enthusiast.... [they] work both as standalone productions and as worthwhile accompaniments to the plays that inspired them. - Exeunt Magazine Compellingly idiosyncratic portraits of four of Shakespeare's characters... Crouch's drama becomes a provocative examination of the voyeuristic nature of the art form... They left me wanting more I, Shakespeares. - Around the Globe