A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM - adapted elementary or middle school script

This is a version of Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' that I rewrote for my grade 6 class to perform. I shortened the script--keeping original text--simplified some sections, and added narrators for more roles and clarification.

I generally introduce some drama activities and have the students select a monologue in order to audition for our big play. After I cast the roles we rehearse for a few months and students collaborate as directors, set decorators, sound and lighting technicians, and costume and props committees to prepare for a big year-end show. It is always a blast!

I also have adapted scripts for...

- Twelfth Night

- Hamlet

- Romeo and Juliet

- King Lear

- Othello

- As You Like It

- Macbeth

- The Taming of the Shrew

I have several printable and acting activities that support a class production of this play. You might also enjoy my SHAKESPEAREAN TRIVIA CARDS and my freebie of Shakespearean 'Quotefall' puzzles, if you need a side activity to keep students engaged and entertained during rehearsals!

Break a leg!

Mme Geneviève