These Readers Theater scripts were developed to support the 5th Grade Core Knowledge unit on a Midsummer Night’s Dream. That said, they can be used as stand alone items to help with fluency and build general background knowledge.

Build background knowledge with this worksheet (here).

Content	Title	# of Parts	link
Shakespeare	Life in Ancient Athens, 1200 BC	4	here
Shakespeare	How to Read a Shakespeare Play	3	here
Shakespeare	Life in London, 1564	3	here
Shakespeare	Shakespeare’s Globe Theater	4	here
Shakespeare	The Mystery of the Fairy Circle	4	here
Shakespeare	The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Shakespeare’s Company	4	here
Shakespeare	William Shakespeare- The Man Behind the Plays	4	here