I have directed this SOL version at two schools, and being the shortest in the series, it works wonderfully. The SOL version is just 54% of the Folio, shorter than Stratford, but longer than the Kenneth Branagh film. The guide is crammed with character and staging ideas for all scenes. Both times I staged it with a back wall, three simple archways and odd bits of furniture and props. We had a ball! I dream of having a fish pond someday.
I do much wonder that one man, seeing how much another man is a fool when he dedicates his behaviours to love…
Act 3, scene 3 - the town square