The Haunting of Will Shakespeare
By Claudia Haas
The Haunting of Will Shakespeare is a play that needs 19 to 20 performers (14 women, 5 men, 1 any gender). Licensed by Eldridge Publishing.
- Type
- play
- Cast size
- 19 to 20 performers
- Roles
- 14 women, 5 men, 1 any gender
- Cast notes
- 5 m, 14 w, 1 flexible
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- comedy
- Licensor
- Eldridge Publishing
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Synopsis
Enroute to London, young Will Shakespeare has a fanciful encounter in the woods outside of Stratford. In the space of one night, he finds himself chased by a young maiden, haunted by witches, bedazzled by spirits and enchanted by a group of rag-tag actors. Yearning to be an actor in London, he is in turn stopped by all in his path. The young maiden wishes to deter him from a low, base theatrical life. The witches mean to turn him into a playwright so he can write about their escapades and free t
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