Shakespeare's Bachelorette

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

Running Time

About 35 minutes

Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes

Cast

24 Characters

7 M 7 F 10 Any Gender

Productions

Produced by 50+ schools

Licensed by schools and youth theatres around the world

Set

Simple set

Length

30 pages

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24 Characters

7 Males
7 Females
10 Any Gender

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

KATE Female 56 lines
PUCK Female 23 lines
MACBETH Male 12 lines
OBERON Male 11 lines
OTHELLO Male 13 lines
ROMEO Male 10 lines
IAGO Male 6 lines
HAMLET Male 11 lines
CAESAR Male 9 lines
TITANIA Female 3 lines

OPTIONAL CHARACTERS:

STAGE MANAGER Any gender
PORTIA Female 2 lines
LADY MACBETH Female 1 line
ARIEL Female 6 lines
MIRANDA Female 5 lines
WITCH ONE Any gender 3 lines
WITCH TWO Any gender 3 lines
WITCH THREE Any gender 3 lines
QUINCE Any gender 5 lines
SNUG Any gender 2 lines
BOTTOM Any gender 4 lines
SNOUT Any gender 2 lines
STARVELING Any gender 2 lines
FLUTE Any gender 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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