Introducing Our New “Play On! Kids on Stage” Series of Scripts
Looking to produce one of Shakepeare’s plays with your children’s theatre, co-op, or classroom? This adaptation of Shakespeare’s beloved comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream is exactly what you are looking for. Staying true to the original language, Jenny Bradley’s script in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Kids on Stage makes it easy for your group to perform this favorite comedy.
Hermia loves Lysander; Helena loves Demetrius.
And the forest is full of meddling fairies as the moon wanes . . .
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies. With mixed-up lovers, fairies, and magic spells, and a play-within-a-play, its plot is woven between three groups of people: the Athenian court and its courtiers, the Athenian tradesmen working on a drama to perform before the court, and the fairies who rule over the woods outside of Athens.
In this children’s play, Jenny Bradley has taken Shakespeare’s words and written a script that is accessible for students and includes a plan to help directors or teachers produce the performance. Inside you will find what you need for planning your production, whether it be a backyard performance on a summer evening, or a full stage production before an audience.
Details
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Kids on Stage
by Jenny Bradley
Paperback
100 pages
7.5” x 9.25” (19.05 x 23.5 cm)
Ages 8 – 18+
BISAC: Children’s Books / Arts, Music & Photography / Performing Arts / Drama & Theater
ISBN-13: 978-1944435431
Jenny Bradley is an Arkansas native with a background in freelance writing, photography, and non-profit work, but these days she has the privilege of homeschooling her four boys, teaching a homeschool literature class for middle schoolers, and writing stories and poetry for her kids. She loves classic literature, especially children’s literature, fairy tales, poetry, and Shakespeare. When she has the opportunity, she and her husband, Mark, love trekking through the American west on road trips with their boys. She thanks God for “His steadfast love and promise of new mercies every morning,” including the new mercy of a fifth son born in the fall of 2024.