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Before your visit to see A Midsummer Night's Dream join members of the acting company for a live onstage session and explore how the show is brought to life on stage. In this session actors and directors will explore how a show is read, interpreted and staged. Includes opportunities for your students to ask questions and get a behind-the-scenes look into RSC practice.
2 July 2026, The Other Place
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INSET DAYS ON A Midsummer Night's Dream
"Fantastic workshop with so many useful activities, thank you for a great session that will enhance the children’s learning." - Primary Teacher in Nottingham
Book an INSET day with the RSC on teaching A Midsummer Night's Dream for Primary, Key Stage 3, GCSE or A-level. Our INSET Days explore techniques used in our rehearsal rooms and and look at how you can use these in the classroom to bring Shakespeare to life.
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Resources and Activities
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comic play in which four different worlds collide. After Hermia is told she cannot marry the man she loves, Lysander, she flees into the Athenian Woods with him followed by her best friend and the man her Father wants her to marry.
For young people of all ages, this play provides a great opportunity to look at lots of key themes, including:
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Playmaking Pack
The Playmaking Pack from 2016 is available to download and contains 60 minute and 30 minute edited versions of the play along with guidance from our creative teams for staging them in schools.*
*The resources for and edits of A Midsummer Night’s Dream offered free as part of RSC Dream Team 2016 are provided for use only by schools and colleges for non-commercial educational purposes only. They may not be used by for any other type of professional or amateur production. All activities in the resources remain the intellectual property of the Royal Shakespeare Company. The resources and edits may not be reproduced without permission.
Shakespeare Learning Zone
Students will find many resources in our Shakespeare Learning Zone, including scene by scene analysis, activities on character relationships, in depth scene studies and PEE grids. These resources are also perfect to be used by teachers in the classroom.
