A Midsummer Night's Dream
cutting and notes by Lindsay Price from the original by Shakespeare
A one act annotated version of Shakespeare's magical tale of mischievous fairies, and love potions.
Average Producer Rating:
About 60 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
21
6 M | 8 W | 7 Any Gender
Interior and Exterior
40 pages
Reviews from Past Producers
In addition to traditional live stage performance rights, A Midsummer Night's Dream can also be performed under the following scenarios.
Virtual Performance
A Virtual Performance is a performance on an online web conferencing platform such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Skype, or Google Meets where performers are geographically isolated from one another and not together on a stage.
No audience is physically present with the performers. The audience is logged in to the same web conferencing platform as the performers.
Each time the play is performed for a virtual audience of any size (whether or not admission is charged) constitutes one performance.
Livestream Performance
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The classic tale of mischievous fairies and love, set in the Athenian woods. Great blend of comedy and romance.
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Characters
21
6 Men, 8 Women, 7 Any Gender
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Theseus
[M]
24 lines
- Duke of Athens
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Hippolyta
[W]
3 lines
- Queen of the Amazons
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Egeus
[M]
9 lines
- Hermia’s Father
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Philostrate
[A]
3 lines
- Servant
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Hermia
[W]
27 lines
- In love with Lysander
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Lysander
[M]
31 lines
- In love with Hermia
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Helena
[W]
24 lines
- In love with Demetrius
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Demetrius
[M]
26 lines
- In love with Hermia
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Nick Bottom
[M]
38 lines
- A Weaver
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Peter Quince
[A]
26 lines
- A Carpenter
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Francis Flute
[A]
13 lines
- A Bellows-mender
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Tom Snout
[A]
6 lines
- A Tinker
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Robin Starveling
[A]
4 lines
- A Tailor
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Snug
[A]
4 lines
- A Joiner
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Oberon
[M]
21 lines
- King of the Fairies
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Titania
[W]
20 lines
- Queen of the Fairies
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Puck (aka Robin Goodfellow)
[A]
25 lines
- Oberon’s attendant
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Peaseblossom
[W]
6 lines
- Attendant to Titania
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Cobweb
[W]
3 lines
- Attendant to Titania
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Moth
[W]
5 lines
- Attendant to Titania
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Mustardseed
[W]
7 lines
- Attendant to Titania
- Subgenres
- Fantasy Fables/Folktales Romantic comedy Shakespeare Fairy tales
- Settings
- 16th Century / Elizabethan
- Dress
- Elaborate costumes Fantasy costumes Period costumes
- Audience
- All audiences Children Pre-teen Teen
- Features
- Poetry Physical comedy
- Set
- Simple set
- Themes
- Love Relationships Jealousy Theatre
- Cross-Curricular Uses
- Shakespeare
- Other uses
- Competition Monologues Class work Scene work
Prop List
Peter Quince’s House
scroll, scripts
The forest outside of Athens
scripts, “Donkey’s head,” sword, love potion
The Palace of Theseus
scroll, broom, scarf, daggers
Production Photos
Multimedia
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Customer Comments
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At the workshop you gave me your catalog and when we decided to do Shakespeare I looked at your adaptations first. We are down to our final two shows and I just wanted to tell you both what an outstanding theatrical experience this has been for my kids and their director. I have produced Midsummer in the past from the original and it wasn't nearly this successful.
From the layout of the script itself, to the notes on the side (which absolutely excited my actors and produced many thoughtful conversations), to the ordering process, to the download and photocopy abilities I cannot say enough good things.Your company is wonderful, I look forward to working with you in the future and I will recommend you to my colleagues.
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About 60 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
21
6 M | 8 W | 7 Any Gender
Interior and Exterior
40 pages