The Mattson Basement Productions presents........"A Midsummer's Night Dream--video game style".How did it come about?.......Jared wanted to put together a fun play based on Shakespeare; so he and his mom talked and decided that "A Midsummer's Night Dream" with a mixed up love triangle (which is funny, but lovey dovey --yuck--they changed that love triangle into a game contest)
This play also had Puck, a mischievous elf and fairy's. What fun.
After a lesson on Shakespeare, who he was and what he did, the kids spent some time reading and listening to stories based on Shakespeare work. We borrowed a CD with 2 stories on it--A Mid Summer's..." and "The Taming of the Shrew" by Jim Weiss. He is an excellent story teller. We listened to these stories over and over again. After the kids better understood the story they had some fun tweaking and changing things a bit to suit their style.
The love triangle between Helena & Demetrius, Hermia & Ly sander, was changed to a video game contest with partners--who was who's video gaming partner? After all the fun Puck, a mischievous elf did with the 4 kids no one really knew.
Then there was the King and Queen of two different fairy lands, who soon were to be wed, who also had problems. It was all worked out and peace and happiness soon filled the land once again.
Narrator -Jess,
Queen Tatiana and her Fairy's
King ----and Puck 
Nick Bottom with the adoring, (and under the influence a a magical spell) Queen Tatiana and her fairy's.
The feuding between Ly sander and Demetrius, Hermia and Helena
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