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Cobweb Dreams

Cobweb Dreams

by Lindsay Price

Cobweb is not having a good time as part of Titania's train. She dreams of a life where she plays pranks all day long and doesn't have to be a stuffy, stuck-up fairy in waiting. If only it was a simple as crossing the brook to be part of Oberon’s train!

But life in the woods is not simple. The King and Queen fight tooth and nail, Cobweb fights to make her dreams come true, and her friends fight to keep her from being turned into a toadstool. A mortal with a donkey head has wandered into the grove and the flower fairies blame Cobweb. Oh will this midsummer night never end?

Cobweb Dreams is a fun-filled fantasy that runs parallel to the events of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Comedy Movement-based Shakespeare

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Also available in a one-act version here.

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

About 80 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
26 Characters
2 M | 17 F | 7 Any Gender
Unit Set
86 pages
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Praise for Cobweb Dreams

Eric Margerum
West Lafayette Jr/Sr High School
The play is a marvelous introduction to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, with a nice mix batween the Bard's characters and Price's additional characters. I think the question of "Where do I belong?" is especially effective for this age group. I did it with junior high students. Many characters are a load of fun to play, from the antics of Puck to the jokes from Bottom. Everyone also appreciated the differentiated cliques of fairies and their group characteristics, the Water Fairies were particularly amusing.
Gabrielle Morris
Saint Agnes Academy
The play was very fun and creative! We chose to do outdoor theatre, and crowds loved the change of scenery.

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