Master Skylark of Stratford
By Sylvia Ashby
Master Skylark of Stratford is a play that needs 24 performers (6 women, 6 men). Licensed by Eldridge Publishing.
- Type
- play
- Cast size
- 24 performers
- Roles
- 6 women, 6 men
- Cast notes
- From a large cast of 24 or more to an ensemble cast of 5-6 m, 5-6 w.
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- classic
- Licensor
- Eldridge Publishing
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Synopsis
Adapted from a novel by John Bennett. Here is an excellent picture of the Shakespearean era from a young person’s point of view without being about the Bard himself. Young Nick is so enamored of the theatre that when his strict father forbids him from attending, Nick runs away from his home in Stratford-upon-Avon. When a disreputable actor, just released from jail, discovers Nick’s beautiful voice, he calls him Master Skylark and forces him to perform with his troupe. Nick's captors treat him we
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