[lbo-talk] Puck's Rap

[joanna bujes]

I'm spending part of the holidays rewriting Midsummer Night's Dream so 
as to turn it into a one hour play that's performable by and 
understandable to my daughter's fifth grade class. Most of what I'm 
doing is paring down long-winded passages and simplifying the text (just 
a little). I'm keeping close to Shakespeare's text, but I'd like to 
insert some modern stuff. There is a passage in the play where Puck 
(Oberon's trouble maker) introduces himself and I thought that  a rap 
song would be more fun for the kids than Elizabethan double-entendres. I 
append what I've come up with. Please everyone, if you can think of more 
stuff, let me know. It needs another stanza and a good catalogue of 
tricks....(Remember, ten-year olds.)

Thanks much,

Joanna
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MND: Act II, scene i.

......

Fairy: Either I mistake your shape or you are that shrewd sprite Robin 
Goodfellow.

Puck: I am he. Yo...

I'm the joker in the deck, I'm the reason why
You can't find your keys and you sit down and cry
The cat in the hat is nothing to me
For trouble on the double I am the key
And you better watch out when I'm about  
Cause I'll give you a thrill and there is no doubt  

Yes I'm the fool that's cool and Puck is my name
So for tricks, for kicks, I'll teach you my game.
Play it, say it, Puck is my name; for a kiss
My miss I'll give you the same. Don't ask me why  
and I'll tell you no lie, just ask for Puck and try out your luck.