Love Me Tender

Love Me Tender is a soap opera version of the first half of Romeo and Juliet - with cliff-hanger ending! Faithful to the original story and characters, it places Shakespeare's great tragedy in a modern context and ends with the pivotal event of Tybalt's death. An excellent resource for comparing and contrasting with the original text, or using as a springboard for writing the follow-on script. Performances provide opportunities to include stage fighting, montage and dance routines. Cast Size: 30, running time: approximately 30 minutes, themes: love/loyalty, genre: Shakespeare/drama. The Arts On The Move plays have been written to meet the demand for enjoyable, versatile and educational playscripts which appeal to young actors - and their audiences. Permission to give performances of this play at which an admission charge is made is included in the purchase price of the script.