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title: "A Midsummer Night's Dream: The 30-Minute Shakespeare"
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# A Midsummer Night's Dream: The 30-Minute Shakespeare

**Price:** € 17.25
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- **What is this?** A Midsummer Night's Dream: The 30-Minute Shakespeare
- **How much does it cost?** € 17.25 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Description

Get young people excited about Shakespeare! The best way to experience the plays is to perform them, but getting started can be a challenge: The complete plays are too long and complex, while scene selections or simplified language are too limited. "The 30-Minute Shakespeare" is a new series of abridgements that tell the “story” of each play from start to finish while keeping the beauty of Shakespeare’s language intact. Specific stage directions and character suggestions give even inexperienced actors the tools to perform Shakespeare with confidence, understanding, and fun! This cutting focuses on three ridiculously funny and vibrant scenes from A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. The first scene starts with Puck mistakenly anointing the eyes of the wrong lovers with love potion, leading to a madcap chase scene between Helena, Lysander, Hermia, and Demetrius. Scene two features Bottom's magical transformation to an ass, always an audience favorite. The final scene is the classic play within a play, where the "Rude Mechanicals" act out with "tragical mirth" the story of Pyramus and Thisbe, with specific comic suggestions for the characters, including Lion chasing Thisbe into the audience! The edition also includes an essay by editor Nick Newlin on how to produce a Shakespeare play with novice actors, and notes about the original production of this abridgement at the Folger Shakespeare Library's annual Student Shakespeare Festival.

Review: Great resource - I was expecting this to be a cut version of Midsummer Night's Dream. I had no idea that it would include all kinds of tips and ideas for putting on a classroom performance of MSND! Awesome resource!
Review: Five Stars - Introduced my 5th graders to Shakespeare with this 30 minute adaptation. VERY accessible! Made performing in class a breeze.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #632,010 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #186 in Stagecraft (Books) #356 in Ancient & Classical Dramas & Plays #399 in Arts & Humanities Teaching Materials |
| Customer Reviews | 4.2 out of 5 stars 29 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great resource
*by J***R on January 5, 2013*

I was expecting this to be a cut version of Midsummer Night's Dream. I had no idea that it would include all kinds of tips and ideas for putting on a classroom performance of MSND! Awesome resource!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Five Stars
*by M***S on July 18, 2015*

Introduced my 5th graders to Shakespeare with this 30 minute adaptation. VERY accessible! Made performing in class a breeze.

### ⭐ Stops in act two
*by A***R on January 29, 2024*

Love this guy's work but this version of Twelfth Night ends with act two, scene three. Maybe a publishing issue but it's the same with the PDF version.

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*Last updated: 2026-09-06*