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Play On Bill:
Macbeth
It's
Mr Macbeth to You!
Play On Bill: Romeo and Juliet
In
Love with Juliet

Play On Bill:
a Midsummer Night's Dream
Not
that Dream Again
by
Richard Baines
Play on Bill
is a series of
plays written for classroom and school performance, based on the
plays of William Shakespeare Each play is essentially about a
school performance of the Shakespeare play, with interactions
between the actors in the school play, the backstage crew, the
staff, and the roles in Shakespeare’s play.
Each play is
an enjoyable drama in its own right, but has the added value of
introducing students to some of the characters and better known
scenes from Shakespeare’s plays.
All plays
have a large cast and effectively involve the whole class
It’s
Mr Macbeth To You!
begins in the
classroom and ends in the examination hall, a journey we all
dread, know or remember! Shakespeare’s
Macbeth
is on the
syllabus, and the students are finding it a challenge! In the
second Act
It’s Mr Macbeth to You!
takes off in another direction, exploring some of
Macbeth’s
themes in modern terms, complete with dramatic scenes, comic
moments and musical interruptions
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In
Love With Juliet
begins with a
school rehearsal of Shakespeare’s
Romeo and Juliet.
Fights break out, interruptions multiply, actors don’t turn up and
the tech crew are unreliable! Despite the chaos Shakespeare’s play
begins to take shape. The second Act is set in the girl’s dressing
room during a performance of the play. As they interact with
Shakespeare’s text, the girls discuss their own love lives, and it
is only in the final moments of
In Love With Juliet
that we come to understand the play’s title.
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In
Not that Dream Again!
Shakespeare is on the road. The players are just
completing a leg of the Comeback Tour, which, says
William, will be his ‘very last public appearance.’ The
tour includes some of his best-known numbers,
Much Ado, The Shrew,
that sort of thing.
Not That Dream Again!
is
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
as pantomime, just the way Shakespeare intended it! The
first folio text has been brought up to date with the
addition of a couple of songs, dances and a few extra
scenes courtesy of the Bard’s own sheer comic genius.
This, you might say, is the Director’s Cut.
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