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The Shakespeare Critiques

© Louis Felder

(Comedy, a one-act play)
Six actors have very personal suggestions for improving Hamlet.

Six characters: three men, three women, any ages, one set, present time

Synopsis

At a workshop reading of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, six actors have suggestions for Mr. Shakespeare.

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♦ Cover Story (Drama)
A drama of espionage during the cold war.

♦ Senior Class (Comedy)
Two older men meet for lunch to decide their grandson’s college; one opts for Stanford and the other for Santa Clara.

♦ THREAT (Drama)
A psychotherapist must contain a student who plans a murderous rampage, but when psychological efforts fail, she is forced to make a bold decision.

♦ Smoke and Mirrors (Drama)
A young “psychic” is consulted by an old man about the hereafter, and her opinion could affect his plan to terminate his own life.

♦ Flight of Fancy (Romance)
A young woman in marketing meets an experienced salesman at an airport cocktail lounge.

♦ The Magic Kingdom (Drama/Romance)
Two rural kids, one white, one black, plan to honeymoon in Disneyland.

♦ Sparks (Comedy)
A woman leaves her husband and runs off with the cab driver.

♦ Trumps (Comedy)
A wealthy New Yorker has a young wife from Arizona who has theatrical dreams and no talent.

♦ thanksgiving.com (Drama)
A father proudly reveals his plan to leave his son his estate (paint store) but the son has other ideas.

♦ Lemonade on the Promenade (Comedy)
On a cruise ship, an older couple has a rough passage.

♦ Jungle Express (Drama)
On a commuter train, a doctor invites a woman to follow him for volunteer work in a Cambodian clinic.

♦ The Man in the Red Suit (Comedy)
A mysterious department-store Santa interviews a selfish father and explains what Christmas is all about.

♦ Attention Please (Drama)
A dysfunctional woman needs her father’s attention and goes to extremes to get it including sex and violence.

♦ For Richer, For Poorer (Drama)
A woman applies for a home loan to get money for her wedding, but the man she plans to marry may have other plans for the money.

♦ Something for the Boys (Drama)
Knowing it’s her last Christmas, a mother wants to leave a home video for her boys to remember her.

♦ Parental Guidance Suggested (Comedy)
A 17-year-old student wants to hang with her friends on a school night and maneuvers her strict father into giving her money, his car, and permission to stay out late.

♦ Maggie – Hawaiian Goddess (Comedy)
In Hawaii, a woman experiences Pele but her husband doesn’t share her vision.

♦ The Shakespeare Critiques (Comedy)
Six actors have very personal suggestions for improving Hamlet.