Fourteen-year-old Princess Xenodice tries to prevent the death of her half-brother, the Minotaur, at the hands of the Athenian prince, Theseus, who is aided by Icarus, Daedalus, and her sister Ariadne.
A graphic novel adaptation of Shakepeare's comedy in which the marriage of Theseus, Duke of Athens to Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, serves as the backdrop to the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and six amateur actors, who are manipulated by the fairies of the forest in which most of the play is set.
as hath been sundry times publicly acted by the Lord Chamberlain's men : the 30-minute Shakespeare
Newlin, Nick
2010
Presents Shakespeare's comedy "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in which two sets of lovers get lost in the woods and become caught up in a dispute between the fairy king and queen, along with a group of local artisans preparing a play for Duke Theseus' wedding; abridged to be performed in thirty minutes while maintaining the original language, with stage directions and character suggestions.
When Annie Redfeather falls and loses a big school race, Aristotle the prairie dog reads her the story of Theseus slaying the Minotaur to illustrate courage.
