Ghostly Confessor

Ghostly Confessor

This 60-minute adaptation begins where Shakespeare’s tragedy ends. Friar Lawrence is captured fleeing Capulet’s Tomb and confesses his complicity in the deaths of the star-crossed lovers. A series of flashbacks reveal his wayward scheme of drugs, duplicity, and senseless grief.

All extracted dialogue is 100% Shakespeare but is sequenced to highlight aspects of the play usually softened, glossed over or deleted altogether.

Adapted and staged by Val Hendrickson

Event Venue

The Monkey House, 1638 University Avenue, Berkeley, United States