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Somewhere Before Act V
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Somewhere Before Act V
Somewhere Before Act V
A Comic Tale of Lear and his Fool
1M / 1 Any Gender
by Steve Palmer
Approximate Playing Time: 17 minutes
A contrarian's take on the dramatic and tragic King Lear. Just suppose that one morning, before the 5th Act when everything comes crashing down, Lear greets the day in a sunny, cheerful disposition while his Fool wakes cranky and sarcastic. Seems Lear has opted to escape to the Heath with his Fool only to greet the day in the discomfort of heavy garments, still damp from last night's rain. When Lear suggests they strip away their wet accoutrements and scamper briefly about in the nude, his Fool (or at best, now, his traveling companion) reminds him their pursuers will be hot on their trail and if caught, it will be a coin toss which they will hang first – or behead, or skewer, or draw and quarter. But alas, could it be King Lear with a happy ending?
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$20.00 Royalty per Performance
$10.00 Single-Use Copyright Fee