A Kidsummer Night s Dream

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A Kidsummer Night s Dream A Musical Fantasy Book by Lynne Bart lett, Mark Leehy and Kevin O Mara Mu sic and lyr ics by Da vid Bill ings, Rob Fairbairn, Mark Leehy and Kevin O Mara Based on the play A Mid sum mer Night s Dream by Wil liam Shakespeare Dra matic Pub lishing Woodstock, Il li nois Eng land Aus tra lia New Zea land

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A Kidsummer Night s Dream was first per formed at Karralika Thea tre, Mel bourne, Aus tra lia, on Sep tem ber 11, 1995, by War ran dyte Pri mary School, di rected by Fiona Wells. * * * * For Alan and Carol, who are al ways there L.B. For Karin, with love, happy birth day M.L. For Erin may the youth ful en thu si asm you showed for A Kidsummer Night s Dream, 1995, re main with you in life K.O M. For John and Lyn Bill ings. They know enough who know how to learn (Henry Ad ams) D.B. Spe cial thanks to Lauren Fairbairn for per mis sion to use her ti tle, and to Kathryn Leehy for re search and ad vice.

IM POR TANT BILLING AND CREDIT RE QUIRE MENTS All pro duc ers of the mu si cal must give credit to the au thors and com pos - ers of the musical in all pro grams dis trib uted in con nec tion with per for - mances of the musical and in all in stances in which the ti tle of the musical ap pears for pur poses of ad ver tis ing, pub li ciz ing or oth er wise ex - ploit ing the musical and/or a pro duc tion. The names of the au thors and composers must also ap pear on a sep a rate line, on which no other name ap pears, im me di ately fol low ing the ti tle, and must ap pear in size of type not less than fifty per cent (50%) the size of the ti tle type. Bio graph i cal in for ma tion on the au thors and com posers, if in cluded in the playbook, may be used in all pro grams. In all pro grams this no tice must ap pear: Pro duced by spe cial ar range ment with THE DRA MATIC PUB LISHING COM PANY of Woodstock, Il li nois

A KIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM THE COURT CHAR AC TERS THESEUS Duke of Ath ens. Wise and fair, like a kindly un cle. HIPPOLYTA Queen of the Am a zons, bethrothed to The - seus. Just and fair, like a kindly aunt. PHILOSTRATE Mas ter of the Revels to Theseus. Also looks af ter the run ning of the court. EGEUS Fa ther to Hermia. A crotch ety old dad who doesn t un der stand the youn ger gen er a tion in gen eral, and his daugh ter in par tic u lar. He does n t get a lot of fun out of life. HERMIA Daugh ter to Egeus, in love with Lysander. A bit re bel lious and def i nitely head strong. She is mod ern, has a good self-im age and is as ser tive. HEL ENA In love with Demetrius. Wimpy and self-in dul - gent. She has a low self-im age and com plains a lot. LYSANDER In love with Hermia. Mr. Nice Guy. A bit of a poet and a dreamer. Sees him self as no ble, gal lant and chiv al rous. 5

DEMETRIUS In love with Hermia but more in love with him self. A real scoun drel. Wealthy fam ily, cap tain of the school foot ball team, al ways pump ing iron and pos ing. He has sex ist at ti tudes and is dis hon est and a bit of a bully. He has al ready jilted Hel ena. THE WORKERS PETER QUINCE A car pen ter. Leader of the group of work ers who are putt ing on a sur prise play for the duke s wed ding. He is a bit of an or gan iser and gets frus trated try ing to whip his mot ley crew of in com pe - tents into shape. Plays the NAR RA TOR in the wed ding play. NICK BOT TOM A weaver. Sees him self as the real man ager of the play ers. Plays PYRAMUS in the wed - ding play. Stu pid, boast ful and stub born. Other work ers look up to him be cause they think he is more in tel li gent than they. SNUG A joiner. Not very bright. Plays the LION in the wed ding play. FRAN CIS FLUTE A bel lows mender. Plays THISBE in the wed ding play. ROBIN STARVE LING A tai lor. Plays MOON SHINE in the wed ding play. TOM SNOUT A tin ker. Plays WALL in the wed ding play. 6

THE FAIRIES TI TA NIA The proud Fairy Queen. PEASEBLOSSOM } COB WEB }The Fairy Queen s at ten dant ser vants. MOTH } MUSTARDSEED } OBERON The jeal ous, blus ter ing Fairy King. PUCK (or Robin Goodfellow) Oberon s main sprite. The mis chie vous hob gob lin who thinks all mor tals fools and serves as a link be tween the fair ies and hu mans. He likes to brag. Con siders him self Oberon s jester. High opin ion of him self. ROYAL COURT AT TEN DANTS, COURT IERS, LADIES-IN-WAITING WORKERS AND ATHE NIANS ROYAL FAIRY AT TEN DANTS, FAIRIES, GOB LINS AND FOREST FOLK See help ful pro duc tion notes at end of play book. 7

ACTS, SONGS, MU SIC & SFX ACT ONE: THE ROYAL COURT OF ATH ENS Pro logue (In stru men tal) Sum mer Nights...Com pany The Workers Song... The Workers and cho rus ACT TWO: A WOOD NEAR THE CITY It s Only Magic...Puck, Fairies and For est Folk SFX - Thun der & Light ning (Five times) The Fairy Lul laby...com pany The Workers Song (Re prise)... The Workers SFX - Shim mering Sting (Puck s Magic Spell) I Can Han dle It (Bot tom s Song)...Bot tom and cho rus Ones and Twos (Hel ena s La ment)....hel ena SFX - Thun der & Light ning (Twice) ACT THREE: THE WOOD, NEARING DAWN The Fairy Lul laby (In stru men tal Re prise) SFX - The Horn of Dawn In Dreams....Fairies and For est Folk SFX - The Horn of Dawn Fi nale (It s Only Magic)...Com pany Cur tain (Sum mer Nights)....Com pany MU SIC AND/OR CDS (avail able from pub lisher) The mu sic can be played by solo pi ano or stage band or CD 2 (in stru men tal back ing tracks) of the CD can be used. SOUND EF FECTS (SFX) All SFX are on the in stru men tal back ing CD avail able from pub lisher. 8

THE SETTING We have set A Kidsummer Night s Dream in court of an - cient Ath ens and the nearby Royal Woods the set ting of the story as told by Shake speare. The stage can be dressed as sparsely or as imag i na tively as re quired. A ba si cally bare stage is fine, as the ac tion cen ters on the char ac ters. The court can be rep re sented by a cou ple of thrones and lots of courtly Athe nians and the woods can be rep re sented by a few shrubs. You may wish to have a tree for Puck to climb in or ob serve from. A back drop or hang ing fab rics can also be ef fec tive. If you have ac cess to light ing you can re ally cre ate some mag i cal at mo spheres in the woods. PROP ERTIES (PROPS) ACT ONE Scene 1: Thrones for Theseus and Hippolyta Handweight for Demetrius Hand ker chief for Hel ena Scene 2: A bun dle of scripts for Quince ACT TWO Scene 1: Change ling baby (doll) for Ti ta nia Bunch of flow ers (Puck gives to Oberon)

Scene 2: Ti ta nia s ar bour Di ary and pen cil for Lysander Scene 3: Don key s head for Bot tom Hair brush for Cob web Ap ple for Moth Scene 4: Pa per (with poem) for Lysander Vials (two) for Oberon ACT THREE Scene 1: Gar land of flow ers for Bot tom Scene 2: Hunting horn for Philostrate Of fi cial book for Philostrate Small drum for Quince Prop box (car ried by WORKERS) Cloak/robe for Pyramus (Bot tom) Au di ence cue cards with AWWWW! and AP PLAUSE for Quince Cres cent moon on stick for Robin Starve ling Scarf for Thisbe (Fran cis Flute)

LARGE SCHOOLS An easy way of mount ing a per for mance with a large school is to per form two shows, with the prin ci pal ac tors, sing ers and danc ers do ing both per for mances, and the rest of the school split A-K and L-Z (or some thing sim i lar). A pop u lar for mat is to have grade items for K-2 and grades 3-6 or 5-6 the mu si cal af ter in ter mis sion. COS TUME SUG GES TIONS The Courtly Athe nians could wear to gas, etc. Add crowns for the Royals and some sort of cloak for the Mas ter of Revels. Hermia should dress out ra geously, with multicol - oured hair, odd socks (and a nose-ring if re quired), and Hel ena should look plain. Lysander should look he roic and clas si cal, and Demetrius should look sport ing, wear gym shoes and bike shorts and carry weights. The Workers should wear and carry things that sig nify their trade such as: Pe ter Quince (car pen ter) wears tool belt, car ries blue - print and pen cil Nick Bot tom (weaver) wears sack of weav ing sam ples, car ries weaver s shut tle Snug (joiner) wears leather apron with ham mer and chisel at tached, car ries spirit level Fran cis Flute (bel lows mender) car ries leather patches and glue pot Robin Starve ling (tai lor) wears vel vet waist coat, car ries scis sors and has dress maker s mea sur ing tape around shoul ders

Tom Snout (tin ker) wears var i ous pots, pans or ket tles at tached to a waist-belt The Fairies and For est Folk can be as out ra geous as you like, but as they are spir its of the earth, the colours should be matt earth tones (brown, green, tan, etc). They can also wear gar lands and sashes and have ferns, bracken or twigs at tached to their bod ies. They may have smudged faces and their hair may have braids, dreadlocks, colours, etc.

Act III A KIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM 69 Scene 2 (follows immediately): Theseus and Hippolyta in the woods FX: HORN (ENTER PHILOSTRATE blow ing the Royal Hunting Horn, fol lowed by THESEUS, HIPPOLYTA and the COURTLY ATHE NIANS, R.) HIPPOLYTA. Ah, the woods by the moon light. How ro - man tic What a beau ti ful set ting for our wed ding, dear. THESEUS (smil ing). But we d better not de lay, my sweet we re fast run ning out of moon light. The dawn a pproaches. (To PHILOSTRATE.) Philostrate do your duty: per form the cer e mony! (All cheer.) PHILOSTRATE (tak ing out an of fi cial book and ad dress - ing THESEUS and HIPPOLYTA). As the Royal Athe - nian Mas ter of Cer e monies, it is my duty and my plea - sure to ask the fol low ing ques tions: Do you, Hippo - lyta, queen of the Am a zons, take this man, Theseus, duke of Ath ens, to be your law ful wed ded hus band? (En ter EGEUS L, run ning on ex cit edly.) EGEUS. Hold it! Hold it! Gov nor, gov nor!

70 A KIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM Act III THESEUS. Not now, Egeus we re about to tie the knot. (To PHILOSTRATE.) Pro ceed. PHILOSTRATE. As the Royal Athe nian Mas ter of Cer e - monies, it is my duty EGEUS. It s me daugh ter, Hermia. She s run away! THESEUS (an noyed). That s not MY prob lem. (To PHILOSTRATE.) Philostrate! PHILOSTRATE. As the Royal Athe nian EGEUS. If I don t find her, she ll marry that Lysander boy. THESEUS. Tell some one who cares! (To PHILOSTRATE.) Philostrate! PHILOSTRATE. As the Royal Athe nian HIPPOLYTA (no tic ing the sleep ing cou ples). Dear you did say you wanted this mat ter set tled before we got mar ried? THESEUS. But if he can t find the girl HIPPOLYTA (tap ping THESEUS on shoul der and point ing to the sleep ing cou ples and say ing qui etly). Ahem. (Ev ery body looks.) EGEUS. HERMIA! (The sleep ing cou ples wake and jump up, look ing around in as ton ish ment.) HERMIA. Dad! EGEUS. Where have you been? I ve been wor ried sick about you. I told you if you know you re go ing to be late, call! You ve got no idea HERMIA. I don t know what hap pened.

Act III A KIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM 71 EGEUS. Well you ve done your dash, now. The duke s not very happy with you. Not happy at all THESEUS. Egeus WHAT is go ing on? HIPPOLYTA (calmly). Per haps we should ask the young peo ple? EGEUS. What would they know? They ve got no re spect THESEUS. Of course, dear. A sen si ble sug ges tion, as al - ways. HERMIA. I m sorry, Father, but Lysander is the one for me and that s all there is to it. EGEUS. You know what the duke said. You were prom - ised to Demetrius, and DEMETRIUS. But I don t want her. EGEUS. WHAT?!? MY DAUGH TER IS N T GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU? DEMETRIUS. I m go ing with Hel ena. EGEUS (be wil dered, and throw ing up arms). Who d be a par ent? HIPPOLYTA. Ev ery thing seems to have worked out nicely. Your daugh ter will marry a young man of wealth and breed ing AND of her own choos ing. Demetrius keeps his for mer prom ise to Hel ena, and all fam i lies are re united. So ev ery body s happy. EGEUS. I M not happy. THESEUS. Egeus let me ex plain: I M the duke of Ath - ens, it s MY wed ding, and EV ERY BODY S happy in - clud ing YOU! Do I make my self clear? EGEUS (crawl ing). Yes, gov nor. I m very happy, very happy in deed. THESEUS. Good! (To PHILOSTRATE.) Philostrate! PHILOSTRATE. As the Royal Oh, the heck with it (To THESEUS and HIPPOLYTA.) Do you (sud denly

72 A KIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM Act III get ting an idea and turn ing to LYSANDER and HERMIA) and do you (to DEMETRIUS and HEL - ENA) and do YOU in fact, does ev ery one take ev ery - one? THE WHOLE COM PANY. WE / THEY DO!!! PHILOSTRATE. Then you re all mar ried! (Cheers, etc.) (En ter QUINCE, SNUG, FLUTE, SNOUT and STARVE - LING, R. QUINCE has a small drum around his neck and the oth ers carry a prop box. ) QUINCE. My lord, my lord are we too late? (Ev ery body is sur prised and con fused by this in ter rup - tion.) SNUG. We have a play to pres ent FLUTE. As a pres ent SNOUT. A wed ding pres ent STARVE LING. It s very good. (COURTLY ATHE NIANS groan.) HIPPOLYTA (con cerned). Oh dear. THESEUS (touched). How very thought ful! HIPPOLYTA. It s get ting late, dear. (Stage whis per.) And they re prob a bly dread ful. THESEUS (to HIPPOLYTA). But they mean well. HIPPOLYTA (smil ing). You re quite right. THESEUS (to WORK ERS). And I m sure these hon est work ers won t keep us long, will you? WORKERS. No, my lord.

Act III A KIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM 73 THESEUS. Let s have your play, then. WORKERS. Hoo ray! (COURTLY ATHE NIANS groan.) SNUG. Ere what about Bot tom? FLUTE. We don t know what s be come of him. QUINCE. We shall have to go on with out him. (An - nouncing.) Royal Highnesses, dis tin guished guests ATHE NIANS. Get on with it! (BOT TOM en ters, run ning on L.) BOT TOM. Am I too late? Has the show started? WORKERS (to gether). Bot tom! You made it! (Etc.) BOT TOM. You won t be lieve the dream I had. DEMETRIUS (in ter rupt ing). Can we start, please? (HEL - ENA digs him in the ribs.) QUINCE (to WORKERS). Quick ev ery body off. (They exit L. QUINCE does a drum roll.) We pres ent The Tragic Tale of Pyramus and Thisbe. (Drum roll.) Pyramus was a hand some young man. BOT TOM (en ter ing L in a robe and cloak). That s me! QUINCE. And Thisbe was the girl next door. FLUTE (en ter ing L, dressed as a girl). That s me but I don t like this mushy stuff. QUINCE. Quiet, you! Their two fam i lies were fight ing, and Thisbe s fa ther re fused to let her see her be loved Pyramus. FLUTE. BOO-HOO.

74 A KIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM Act III (QUINCE holds up a card read ing AWWWW! and shows it to ev ery one. The COM PANY [ev ery one] all sigh.) QUINCE. There was a wall be tween their two houses There was a WALL be tween their two houses (Call - ing.) WALL! SNOUT (en ter ing L, dressed as a wall). I m the wall. QUINCE. So they spoke to each other through a hole in this wall. (BOT TOM and FLUTE stand ei ther side of SNOUT.) SNOUT (hold ing up fin gers). This is the hole. FLUTE. Hi, Pyramus. BOT TOM. Hi, Thisbe. QUINCE. Bye and bye they de cided to run away and be to gether. FLUTE. Oh, Pyramus, Pyramus, my gor geous hunk I love you and my heart is sunk! Tonight my promise I will keep, And while my old man is asleep Together we will run away And live and (hands over mouth to block out the word love ) an other day. BOT TOM. We ll meet in the woods by moon light. (BOT TOM, FLUTE and SNOUT exit L.) QUINCE. So they met in the woods by moon light by moon light MOON LIGHT!

Act III A KIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM 75 STARVE LING (en ter ing L with a MOON CRES CENT on a STICK). I m moon light. (All laugh.) SNUG (en ter ing L, pounc ing on dressed as a lion). ROAR! ROAR! (All laugh harder.) QUINCE. Sud denly a fierce lion came into the woods! (SNUG roars again and ev ery body laughs.) SNUG. Don t be afraid, I m not a real lion. I m Snug the joiner. QUINCE. Then Thisbe ar rived. FLUTE (en ter ing L). Here are the woods and here is the moon light but where is my Pyramus? (The lion roars.) OH! OH! A lion. SNUG. A very HUN GRY lion ROAR! FLUTE. Eek! SNUG (to ev ery body). I m not REALLY hun gry. FLUTE. I must dis tract him and make my es cape. QUINCE. So she took off her scarf and threw it at the lion as she fled. (FLUTE does so, ex it ing L.) SNUG (pounc ing on the scarf and shak ing it). Growwl! Hey this is no good I want a real meal not a snack. QUINCE. So the lion went off in search of food. (SNUG ex its L, roar ing as he goes. STARVE LING also ex its L.) DEMETRIUS. Bring back the lion he s the best bit in this crummy play! (Ev ery one laughs and HEL ENA digs him in the ribs again.) QUINCE. Bye and bye, Pyramus ar rived in the wood.

76 A KIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM Act III BOT TOM (en ter ing L). Here are the woods and here is the moon light, but where is where is wait a min ute where is the moon light? EV ERY ONE (call ing). MOON LIGHT! STARVE LING (en ter ing L in a hurry). Sorry I thought my part was over. BOT TOM. Your part is n t over till I die! What are you try - ing to do make a fool of me? DEMETRIUS. You don t need any help with that! (All laugh and he gets an other dig in the ribs.) BOT TOM (com pos ing him self). Ahem Here are the woods and here is the moon light, but where is my Thisbe? Thisbe, Thisbe, where fore art thou, Thisbe? QUINCE. Then Pyramus spied Thisbe s scarf. BOT TOM (pick ing up scarf). But what s this I spy? Tis Thisbe s scarf with big teeth marks I can t stop cryin she s been eaten by a lion! Alas, alack. QUINCE. Pyramus could not stand to live with out his Thisbe. BOT TOM. To you, Thisbe I ll be true Hold on, girl I m comin, too! (Taking out sword.) I die, I die (To au di ence.) I don t re - ally die I m only pre tend ing (Pre tending to stab him self.) Die! Die! (He does an elab o rate death, keeling over, legs in the air, etc., then gets up and says:) I m not re ally dead. (He lays down again.) (QUINCE holds up the other side of his card. It reads AP PLAUSE. Ev ery body ap plauds, etc. En ter THISBE L.)

Act III A KIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM 77 FLUTE. Oh, no my Pyramus! (She checks his pulse.) He s dead! (To au di ence.) Of course, he s not re ally dead. DEMETRIUS. Get on with it. (An other dig in the ribs.) FLUTE. That s it. I m out of here. I will take his sword and fol low him. (To BOT TOM in a very au di ble whis - per.) Give me the sword. (Taking sword.) Good bye, cruel world. (A quick death.) (QUINCE holds up AP PLAUSE sign and all ap - plaud.) SNOUT. Is my part over, yet? (All laugh.) QUINCE. And that is the end of our play. ALL (in re lief). HOO-RAY!!! (The WORKERS come cen ter and bow to the ROYAL AU DI ENCE, while ev ery one ap plauds them, then turn to the REAL AU DI ENCE and freeze as PUCK EN TERS, mov ing through them to ar rive cen ter stage, ad dress ing the REAL AU DI ENCE.) PUCK. If we shad ows have of fended, Think but this, and all is mended: That you have merely slumbered here, While these visions did appear. And all you ve heard and all you ve seen Was nothing but a summer dream. But now another dream does call Goodnight good luck unto you all! (PUCK bows. BLACK OUT.

78 A KIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM Act III LIGHTS UP IM ME DI ATELY the whole CAST en ters and sings:) FI NALE: IT S ONLY MAGIC 1. A sud den breeze, among the trees It s only magic The way the moon is riding high Into the night Casting its beams, Calling on dreams Taking your heart into flight It s only magic It s only magic 2. A flower grows, a per fect rose It s only magic A silent dawn, a child is born An eagle flies Seasons of change Stranger than strange Changing in front of your eyes It s only magic It s only magic IN STRU MEN TAL

Act III A KIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM 79 GROUP 1. GROUP 2. Magic, magic Magic, magic Magic, magic Magic, magic Magic, magic Magic, magic Magic, magic Magic, MAGIC! Magic tricks, magic eye Magic trip on a car pet ride Magic tricks, magic eye Magic trip on a car pet ride Magic tricks, magic eye Magic trip on a MAGIC! 3. It s ev ery thing you may ex pect It s only magic It s never where you may expect It s gonna be Look all around Follow that sound Leading you onward to see It s only magic It s only magic It s only magic It s only MAGIC! (BLACK OUT. LIGHTS UP. The COM PANY take bows as they sing:) CUR TAIN: SUMMER NIGHTS GROUP 1 (ATHE NIANS). Summer nights and summer tunes are underneath the summer moon,

80 A KIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM Act III Summer nights and magic in the winking of an eye. Listen to the welcoming to come and dream a summer dream, Make a wish and dream upon a starry summer night. GROUPS 1 & 2 (FAIRIES). Commoners and Fairy Kings are come to sing the summer in, Everybody changing in the winking of an eye. Listen to the welcoming to come and dream a summer dream, Make a wish and dream upon a starry summer night. GROUPS 1, 2 & 3 (more ATHE NIANS & FAIRIES). Time to have a song to sing, it s time to join the revelling, Time for us to open up the curtain of the night. Listen to the welcoming to come and dream a summer dream, Make a wish and dream upon a starry summer summer night. GROUPS 1, 2 & 3. Sum mer nights and sum mer tunes Are un der neath the sum mer moon, Sum mer nights and magic In the wink ing of an eye. Lis ten to the wel com ing To come and dream a sum mer dream, Make a wish and dream, Make a wish and dream, Make a wish and dream upon A sum mer night. THE WORKERS. Sum, sum, those Sum mer nights are Come, come to Wel come us, those Sum, sum, those Sum mer nights Are come, Are come, Are come, Sum mer night.

Act III A KIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM 81 ALL. Summer, summer night Summer, summer night Summer, summer Summer, summer night Summer nights and summer tunes are underneath the summer moon, Summer nights and magic in the winking of an eye. Listen to the welcoming to come and dream a summer dream, Make a wish and dream upon a starry summer night. Commoners and Fairy Kings are come to sing the summer in, Everybody changing in the winking of an eye. Listen to the welcoming to come and dream a summer dream, Make a wish and dream upon a starry summer night. GROUPS 1 & 2. THE WORKERS & GROUP 3. Time to have a song to sing, Sum mer night It s time to join the rev el ling, Time for us to open up Sum mer night The cur tain of the night. Lis ten to the wel com ing Sum mer night To come and dream a sum mer dream, Make a wish and dream upon Sum mer night A sum mer night! THE END