THE LOST SHAKESPEARE PLAY (World Premiere!!)
Written by: Dave Stinton
Directed by: Jen Ellison
Produced by: Abbie Colton (in conjunction with EP Theater and Columbia College)
The Lost Shakespeare Play is based on the true story of a theatrical scandal that hit Richard Brinsley Sheridan's Drury Lane Theatre in the 1790s.
A document uncovered by 19-year-old William Henry Ireland is heralded as a lost play by William Shakespeare. The play, entitled Vortigern, causes a sensation in literary circles, and many - experts and laypeople alike - are utterly convinced of its authenticity.
But Edmond Malone, the foremost Shakespeare scholar of the day, is not.
Malone and Ireland square off onstage in this comedy, each pleading his case as opening night approaches.
This show is being produced as a Columbia College graduate thesis project in the department of Arts, Entertainment & Media Management. It will be performed at EP Theater in March of 2009. Rehearsals will begin in late December 2008 with table work. Rehearsals will take place at Columbia College.
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