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The Book of Will

The Book of Will
Your Price: $21.00 CDN
Author: Lauren Gunderson
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service (cover may change)
Format: Softcover
# of Pages: 93
Pub. Date: 2018
Edition: Acting
ISBN-10: ‎ 0822237725
ISBN-13: 9780822237723
Cast Size: 3 female, 7 male

About the Play:

The Book of Will is a full-length comedic drama by Lauren Gunderson. Seven years after the death of Shakespeare, a small group of unexpected heroes with no money, resources, or experience come together to compile what would become Shakespeare's First Folio. They'll just have to borrow, beg, and band together to get it done. Their translation of words from the stage to the page would forever change theatre and literature.

The Book of Will follows Shakespeare's own company as they attempt to collect and publish the First Folio after his death. Without William Shakespeare, we wouldn't have literary masterpieces like Romeo and Juliet. But without Henry Condell and John Heminges, we would have lost half of Shakespeare's plays forever! This rapid fire and buoyant play tells the story of those who knew Shakespeare best as they fight to collect 37 of his plays into one volume against all odds. After the death of their friend and mentor, the two actors are determined to compile the First Folio. They may not have any money or clear-cut rights to his work, but they're armed with wit, humour, a deep camaraderie and a passion to preserve the plays that shaped their lives. In order to honour the legacy of the man they loved, they'll have to battle an unscrupulous book publisher, a boozy poet laureate, and their own rag-tag company of actors and stage managers. Amidst the noise and colour of Elizabethan London, The Book of Will finds an unforgettable true story of love, loss, and laughter, and sheds new light on a man you may think you know.

The Book of Will premiered in 2017 at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts in Denver, Colorado. Since then the play had premieres at professional theatres around the US and has been mounted by high schools, colleges, and community theatres.

Cast: 3 female, 7 male

What people say:

"The Book of Will…unequivocally announces Gunderson as a playwright with whom to be reckoned. It is, quite frankly, one of the best plays I have ever seen. It will bring tears of both laughter and sorrow to all but the most jaded audience member's eyes. It is, in a word, a triumph." — Boulder Weekly

"[Gunderson] has peopled the stage with lively, historically based characters…She paints a vivid portrait of the times in language sometimes formal, sometimes poetic and often…contemporary…She also gives a real feel for theater life and what it means to be an actor; you sense this is a work of both scholarship and love…[The Book of Will] serves as homage to those who sacrificed to make the first folio happen and to Shakespeare's magnificent words." — Westword

About the Playwright:

Lauren M. Gunderson is an American playwright, screenwriter, and short story author originally from Atlanta, Georgia. She received her BA in English/Creative Writing at Emory University, and her MFA in Dramatic Writing at NYU Tisch, where she was also a Reynolds Fellow in Social Entrepreneurship.

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