About the Play
Comedy. 30-37 minutes. 4-13 females, 4-13 males (8-17 performers possible). Suitable for middle school and older.
Originally produced by San Jacinto College Central in Pasadena, Texas, as part of the college's Fiftieth Anniversity Celebration.
Synopsis
The Bard's classic tale of fairies, lovers and rude mechanicals in only 35 minutes? Three comic narrators help to speed things along, yet still cover most of the action from the original, including the famed Pyramus and Thisbe play within a play, which survives with jokes intact.