| Adaptor 1 |
Burdett, Lois
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| Date of First
Production |
1997 |
| Title |
A Midsummer Night's Dream For Kids |
| Director |
Lois Burdett |
| Place of First
Production |
Hamlet Public School, Stratford, Ontario |
| Production
Company |
Hamlet Public School |
| Series Festival
Title |
Shakespeare Can Be Fun! |
| Cast/Performers |
Theseus:
Hippolyta:
Egeus:
Hermia:
Helena:
Lysander:
Demetrius:
Peter Quince:
Nick Bottom:
Francis Flute:
Tom Snout:
Robin Starveling:
Snug:
Oberon:
Titania:
Puck:
Peaseblossom:
Cobweb:
Moth:
Mustardseed: |
| Publishing
and Multimedia |
*Burdett, Lois. A Midsummer Night's Dream for Kids. (Shakespeare Can Be Fun!). 1997. Willowdale: Firefly Books Ltd., 1999.
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*Burdett, Lois. A Midsummer Night's Dream for Kids. (Shakespeare Can Be Fun!). 1997. Willowdale: Firefly Books Ltd., 1999.
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| Secondary
Materials |
*Hull, Billy and Mark Oda. "Lower-Schoolers Dream of Shakespeare." Imua Iolani 22 Feb. 2000.
[Link1].
*Uyemura, Sheri and Michelle Sato. "Iolani Students Prepares [sic] to Honor the Bard." January 13, 2002.
[Link2]. |
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http://www.iolani.honolulu.hi.us/Publish/IMUA/2000Feb22/lsshakespeare.html
http://www.iolani.honolulu.hi.us/Publish/IMUA/2000Feb22/bard.html
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| Adaptor 1
Bibliography |
*Anderson, Wendy. "Lois Burdett Awarded the Fred L. Bartlett Memorial Award for 1999." Avon Maitland District School Board. 25 Aug. 2003.
http://www.avonmaitland.on.ca/Pages/MEDIA_REL/1999/99_0619.html.
*Cecil, Lynn A. "Profile: Lois Burdett." Canadian Childrens Literature 85 (Spring 1997): 41-44.
*O'Connell, Lisa. "The village pupil: making the connection between school and community." Today's Parent 15.11 (Dec. 1998-Jan. 1999): 37-42.
*Sheppard, Philippa. "Bardolatry for beginners: Grade 2s spouting Shakespeare? Lois Burdett makes it happen at Hamlet Public School (Stratford)." Quill and Quire 62.6 (June 1996): 53-4.
*Zak, Karen. "Smitten by Shakespeare: second graders ask for 'more'." Teach magazine (May/June 1997): 22-4.
*"ASF and the Alabama Humanities Foundation Offers Teacher Seminar with Lois Burdett on July 10,1999." Alabama Shakespeare Festival. 25 Aug. 2003.
http://www.asf.net/Archive/teachersem.html.
*"Shakespeare Can Be Fun! series by Lois Burdett." Firefly Books. 25 Aug. 2003.
http://www.fireflybooks.com/Kids/Shakespeare.html.
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http://www.avonmaitland.on.ca/Pages/MEDIA_REL/1999/99_0619.html
http://www.asf.net/Archive/teachersem.html
http://www.fireflybooks.com/Kids/Shakespeare.html
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| Synopsis |
"A Midsummer Night's Dream for Kids follows Macbeth for Kids, Twelfth Night for Kids, and A Child's Portrait of Shakespeare, all written in rhyming couplets and suitable for staging as class plays as well as reading aloud" (qtd. from Burdett back cover). |
| Keywords |
Amateur
Children's Theatre
Non-traditional Casting |
| Notes |
"I think Shakespeare should have called it A Midsummer Nightmare! I mean who would want to fall in love with a donkey? Ellen 7 yrs. old" (Burdett back cover). |
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| Adaptation
of |
A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Entry Last Updated |
25Aug03 12:36PM |
