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'A Midsummer Night's Dream [90-minute abridgement]' by Shakespeare, abridged Gerald P. Murphy - additional information.


'A Midsummer Night's Dream [90-minute abridgement]' by Shakespeare, abridged Gerald P. Murphy
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Period and Geography
Location: Greece. Time Periods: Timeless and Medieval
Settings and Set Complexity
Number of Sets: 3
Setting: Living Room, Forest and Castle Interior
Set Requirements: Backdrops/simple flats
The script includes characters in the following age range(s):
Unspecified ages
 Language Advisory:Help
Swearing rate: less than 1 known rude word per thousand.
We have identified the following types of language in the text:
Mild swearwords
Potential blasphemy
In addition to the text, the "Producer's Copy" of the Script includes the following:
Miscellaneous notes from the author
Style:
Abridgement of William Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', with the original text reduced by a thousand lines or so.
(The abridgement is copyrighted, so we charge for scripts and copying rights, but performances are royalty-free.)
Synopsis:
Fairies make mischief in the Athenian woods, mixing up two couples and pairing the fairy queen with one of the 'Rude Mechanicals' who are in the woods rehearsing a play. When all is straight, we finally get to see the Mechanicals' play, and the Athenian nobility turn critics.
The text aims to provide a workable edition of Shakespeare for secondary schools.

 
 

 
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