Midsummer Night's Dream Assembly or Class Play

Midsummer Night’s Dream Assembly or Class Play
This version of A Midsummer Night's Dream is directed, as a school assembly, by William Shakespeare's own son, Hamnet. Written for cast of 16-30, running time approx. 40 minutes, this play follows the original plot, but has some interesting twists along the way. And as if four confused lovers isn't enough to contend with on stage plus some very non-cooperative fairies - our poor director, Hamnet also has his playwright father to deal with!
Sample Text
Helena: You are teasing me! You still love Hermia!
Lysander: How can you say such a thing? How I do repent, the tedious minutes I with her have spent!
Helena: Lysander! This is not the time for bad poetry! Stop your teasing now!
Lysander: But why would I not change a raven for a dove? Please, Helena! Come with me now! Let us leave hideous Hermia! Believe me (looking over at the snorting Hermia), you'd be doing me a big favor!
Helena: (Sarcastically) So romantic! Men! Who'd have them?
(Helena storms off)
Lysander: Hmm. I can see I may need another trip to that Charm School! (Turning to Hermia) I've hung around with this one quite long enough. What did I ever see in her? What a sight! I'm off to honor Helena and to be her knight!
(Exit)
(Hermia wakes, screaming, from a nightmare)
Hermia: Lysander! Help me! My worst nightmare ... (Frantically searching through suitcase) Please don't say I've left my make-up bag behind?
Other Shakespeare scripts written by Sue Russell:
Assemblies:
• Macbeth
• Different Midsummer Night’s Dream alternative ‘Nightmare’ versions!
• Romeo & Juliet – Valentines Assembly
• Romeo & Juliet in Love … Well, weren’t they?
Guided Reading scripts:
• Shakespeare Plays (8 mini condensed versions)
• Set of 4 alternative Shakespeare scripts - Hamlet, Macbeth, Midsummer Night's Dream and Romeo & Juliet (incl. detailed synopses and lesson plans)
• Alternative Hamlet script plus lesson plan
• Alternative Macbeth script plus lesson plan
• Alternative Midsummer Night's Dream script plus lesson plan
• Alternative Romeo & Juliet script plus lesson plan
Alternative fairy tales – Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty – which are in the PSHE section of the website.
Plus
• Take a Book – Different Genres of Writing Assembly
• Great British Writers Assembly. This short small cast assembly - 6 speakers (with adaptations for whole class) focuses on the writers *Roald Dahl, C.S. Lewis, A.A. Milne, Lewis Carroll and J.K. Rowling and their books.
• Roald Dahl Assembly