A Midsummer Night's Dream - Adaptation for Children

This set of Teachers' Notes has been prepared to accompany the University of Southern Queensland's 2008 Children's Theatre Week production of A Midsummer Night's Dream directed and transposed by Barbara Lowing.

The notes include:

The Playwright: William Shakespeare
Shakespeare for Modern Audiences
The Director: Barbara Lowing
Design Elements
Synopsis
The Characters
Themes in the Play
Pre-show Activities & Theatre Etiquette
Post-show Activities
Web Resources

Complied by students undertaking the Children's and Young People's Theatre unit in University's School of Creative Arts facilitated by Dr Janet McDonald and David Burton - Jenny O'Brien, Allyra Stubbings, Monique Leyton, Georgie Bullock, Kaitlin Robbs, Gina Denning, Ell-Leigh Ackerman, Jacinta Boulus, Luke Gillmeister, Katherine McCullough, Alyce Nelligan, Lauren Sherritt, Naomi McBride, Mitchell Burey, Toby Warburton, Samantha Hough, Lachlane Malone and Byron Lenehan.