A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Youth: Shakespeare-On-The-Go

In this adaptation of Midsummer’s Night Dream, four “players” in a traveling clown troupe wake up one morning to discover that they have been abandoned by the other members of the company. That evening they are required to perform A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM before the local Squire and they have to madly re-invent the play so that it can be done with four clowns. The rehearsal which follows reveals not only the heart of Shakespeare’s play, but the machinations of play-making itself. This version has audience participation, and was first produced by the Young Company of the Three River’s Shakespeare Festival. Ideal for ages 6 – 12 and for teen drama groups. The play has a frame story in which young characters, traveling as an acting troupe, engage is a story similar to the love mishaps of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM.