For dramas suitable for high school students, we recommend excerpts from Shakespeare's comedic masterpieces, such as "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Twelfth Night", "Much Ado About Nothing", "The Merchant of Venice", etc.

Synopsis of "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

On a midsummer night in the city of Athens, Duke Theseus and his fiancée were preparing for their wedding, while a pair of lovers were worried about love. The beautiful Hermia fell in love with Lysander, but her father Egeus insisted on letting her marry Demetrius. This unreasonable request was supported by the Duke of Athens. If she disobeys, Athenian law will sentence her to death or a life of loneliness. In order to fulfill her dream of love, Hermia and her lover Lysander fled into the forest in the suburbs.

In the forest, in order to tease the Fairy Queen, the Fairy King instigated the elf Parker to drop "love water" on the sleeping Fairy Queen's eyes, making her fall in love with the first person she saw when she woke up. However, Parker mistakenly clicked on the "love water" in the process of completing the task, which caused the four young people to confuse each other's love objects - two equally kind and lovely girls. One encountered a sudden surprise, and the other fell into deep love. sad.

But the two infatuated young men angrily dueled over the girl they fell in love with, creating a series of misunderstandings and jokes. Finally, the Fairy King comes forward to eliminate the chaos, the lovers finally get married, and the whole play ends in a happy atmosphere.

This drama runs through three pairs of love entanglements and four sets of marriages. It is complex but coherent. The plot is filled with youthful and graceful colors, the seamless interweaving of human world and fairyland, and the complicated interweaving of time and space. Weave a dreamy aria in midsummer.

Plot synopsis of "Twelfth Night"

A tragic shipwreck separated twin siblings Viola and Sebastian. However, when they were washed away by waves in Illyria, ’s shores, a land turned upside down by passion and a cast of colorful characters that range from joy to melancholy, turning tragedy into comedy.

In SRT's work "Twelfth Night", this cleverly arranged and unexpected story full of Shakespeare's drama will be set in Europe in 1939, during the Second World War. night. Lyrical, moving, bittersweet and hilarious.

Twelfth Night is a bewilderingly wonderful work in which everyone falls in love with the wrong person. Viola falls in love with Orsino, Orsino falls in love with Olivia, and Olivia falls in love with Viola's disguised Cesario!

Plot synopsis of "Much Ado About Nothing"

"Much Ado About Nothing" has two parallel clues surrounding the theme of marriage proposal. One of the lovers is Claudio and Hero. Claudio proposes to Hero and gets permission from Hero's father.

But at the wedding, Prince of Aragon’s concubine John fabricated slander out of jealousy and boredom, causing Claudio to be deceived into thinking that Hero was an unchaste woman and insulted Hero in person, which almost resulted in his death. Hero died.

Hero's cousin Beatrice came up with a plan to let Hero fake his death and find out the truth. Later, the scam was exposed and Claudio and Hero reconciled. This clue seems to fit the traditional pattern of marriage at that time.

Another clue is that the enemies Benedick and Beatrice were proud and despised marriage, but in the prince's well-intentioned trap, they both thought that the other was in love with them. Real feelings develop for the other person. Make the fake come true and go to the marriage hall.

The plot synopsis of "The Merchant of Venice"

The story of "The Merchant of Venice" tells the story of Antonio, a wealthy Venetian businessman, who borrows money from the Jewish loan shark Shylock in order to marry his friend Bassanio. Since Antonio never asked for interest on loans and helped Shylock's daughter elope, Shylock took the opportunity to retaliate with a grudge, pretending not to ask for interest, but if the loan was overdue, he would cut off a pound of flesh from Antonio.

Unfortunately, news came that Antonio's merchant ship had crashed. The capital turnover was poor and the loan was unable to be repaid. Shylock goes to court to sue, demanding that Antonio fulfill his promise according to the letter of the law. In order to save Antonio's life, Bassanio's fiancée Portia pretended to be a lawyer and appeared in court. She agreed to Shylock's request, but she required that the pound of flesh cut must be exactly one pound of flesh, no more, no less, and no bleeding. Shylock lost the lawsuit because he could not execute it, and instead of causing harm to others, he lost his property.