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Shakespeare's Bachelorette

by Lea Marshall

This is the Shakespeare/Dating show mash-up you’ve been waiting for!

Kate is looking for a date and her options are somewhat limited. Hamlet is pretty focused on his step-dad, Macbeth keeps trying to grab a dagger from above Kate’s head, and why does Iago keep giving her a handkerchief?

Oberon seems to think he’s going to win the show and it has nothing to do with that purple flower…

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Comedy Shakespeare

Average Producer Rating: 5.0 out of 5

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

At a Glance

Running Time
About 35 minutes
Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes
Cast
24 Characters
7 M7 F10 Any Gender
Set
Simple set
Length
30 pages
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24 Characters

7 M, 7 F, 10 Any Gender

Please see the playwright’s notes in the script for details on gender and casting flexibility.

KATE [F] 56 lines
PUCK [F] 23 lines
MACBETH [M] 12 lines
OBERON [M] 11 lines
OTHELLO [M] 13 lines
ROMEO [M] 10 lines
IAGO [M] 6 lines
HAMLET [M] 11 lines
CAESAR [M] 9 lines
TITANIA [F] 3 lines
OPTIONAL CHARACTERS:
STAGE MANAGER [A]
PORTIA [F] 2 lines
LADY MACBETH [F] 1 line
ARIEL [F] 6 lines
MIRANDA [F] 5 lines
WITCH ONE [A] 3 lines
WITCH TWO [A] 3 lines
WITCH THREE [A] 3 lines
QUINCE [A] 5 lines
SNUG [A] 2 lines
BOTTOM [A] 4 lines
SNOUT [A] 2 lines
STARVELING [A] 2 lines
FLUTE [A] 2 lines

Praise for Shakespeare's Bachelorette

Mary Bauer
Big Sandy School
We loved this play!! We used it to do a cross-curricular program between the English and Drama classes.

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