Shakespeare Staging Project
Each group will produce the materials necessary to stage a scene for Shakespeare.
You will be responsible for presenting the following elements. All elements should reveal understanding
of the characters, language, and situation of the scene.
1. A reading of the play with blocking.
2. Detailed drawings of sets and props.
3. Detailed drawings of costumes.
You will present all elements to the class. We will be doing most of this work in class, but feel free to
study various other stagings of these scenes to get a sense of what other directors have done.
Due dates are to come.
Richard III, Act I, Scene 2
Richard is a deformed hunchback who hates the attractive royals around the court. He is
proficient in battle, and has just succeeded in killing King Henry VI of the house of Lancaster in a
war. Now Richard is scheming to win the throne. In order to cement his claim, he here attempts
to woo Anne, the former queen and widow of King Henry VI, into marrying him.
(from Gloucester’s entrance to line 225)
Richard (Gloucester):
Anne:
Rob Perrault
Rachel Viccaro
Set design:
Costume design:
Andrew Cote
Rachel Viccaro
A Midsummer’s Night Dream, Act III, Scene 1
Bottom, Quince, and Flute are common, uneducated laborers who are rehearsing a play in the
forest. Titania is queen of the faery folk who live in the forest. Puck is a supernatural wood spirit
who loves to cause mischeif with his magical powers.
(all lines)
Bottom:
Quince:
Flute (combine with Snug and Starveling):
Titania:
Puck:
Evan Birney
Kyle Hoyt
Cody Aitken
Sierra Manning
Laurel Chausse
Set design:
Kyle Hoyt
Costume design:
Sierra Manning
Romeo and Juliet, Act III, Scene 1
Romeo, Mercutio, and Benvolio are Montagues. They are involved in a feud with the Capulets.
Romeo has begun a love affair with Juliet, a Capulet. Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin, arrives to confront
Romeo about the affair.
(lines 39-140)
Romeo:
Benvolio:
Mercutio:
Tybalt:
Tyler Doherty
Emma Lerman
AJ Ganaros
Mark Edwards
Set design:
Costume design:
Mark Edwards
Emma Lerman
King Henry IV, Part I, Act I, Scene 2
Prince Hal is the future King of England. However, he has no desire to spend time at court, and
instead spends most of his time drinking and goofing around in local bars with Falstaff, one of
his advisors and an inveterate drunkard and libertine. In this scene, they plan a robbery with
Poins, a local drunkard and thief.
(lines 89-240)
Falstaff:
Prince:
Poins:
Calvin Alderete
Tanner Pederson
Taylor Burton
Set design:
Costume design:
Tanner Pederson
Taylor Burton
Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene 1
Julius Caesar has returned triumphant from France, and the people are clamoring to make him
Emperor. However, Rome is a democracy, and crowning Caesar would change the government
radically. Brutus has felt conflicted, torn between his friendship with Caesar and his duty to
Rome. However, Brutus has decided to do what he thinks is best for Rome. He, Cassius, Casca,
and Metallus Cimber plan to kill him publicly on the floor of the Senate for all to see.
(lines 15-121)
Caesar:
Brutus:
Cassius:
Casca (combine with Decius):
Metallus Cimber:
Cinna (combine with Trebonious):
Ryan Rausch
Derek Heer
Taylor Salva
Jen Siena
Kevin Ruffino
Rachel Foley
Set design:
Rachel Foley/Kevin Ruffino
Costume design:
Taylor Salva
Hamlet, Act I, Scene 2
Hamlet is the Prince of Denmark. His father, the king, has recently died suddenly and
mysteriously. Shortly after his father’s death, Hamlet’s uncle Claudius married his mother
Gertrude and declared himself King. Hamlet has just been visited by the ghost of his father, who
has told Hamlet that he was murdered and that Hamlet should take revenge. Hamlet, who is a
sensitive scholar and not a man of violence, is unsure how to deal with the situation.
(lines 64-159)
Hamlet:
Claudius:
Gertrude:
Zac Callan
Justin Miller
Stacy Backstrom
Set design:
Costume design:
Justin Miller
Stacy Backstrom