Double Heart (The Courtship of Beatrice and Benedick)

“
A witty and worthy ‘what if’ about one of my very favorite Shakespeare plays.
ADAM BERTOCCI, “TWO GENTLEMEN OF LEBOWSKI”
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Beautiful turns of language and a touch of weirdness.
TIME OUT NEW YORK
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The language is funny and at times quite elegant and wise about issues of the heart.
Christine Howey, Rave & Pan
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Double Heart
(The Courtship of Beatrice and Benedick)

A Renaissance rom-com! This youthful, funny, moving, exciting prequel to Shakespeare's classic "Much Ado About Nothing" imagines the early, sparks-flying courtship of sharp-tongued lovers Beatrice and Benedick, chronicling love -- and its opposite.

Written in poetic verse, this one-hour play is appropriate for audiences age 12 and up.

Available from YouthPLAYS.

First Performance:

February 12, 2013
The Alcazar, Cleveland Hts.

Cast: 4-7 actors possible (2-3 F, 2-4 M)
Genre: Romance
Running Time: 60 min.

Produced at the 2013 New York International Fringe Festival

Double Heart (excerpt)