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The second song is a comic number in a hip-hop style, split between the Mechanicals…with a solo rap for Nick Bottom.
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Song 2: 'Meet the Mechanicals' - Vocal
QUINCE: Is all our company here?
ALL: Yeah, all our company’s here.
QUINCE: Mechanicals, are you ready?
ALL: Mechanicals, always ready!
QUINCE: From the page -
ALL: To the stage!
QUINCE: Let’s rehearse -
ALL: Spin a verse!
QUINCE: Meet the Mechanicals, freed from the manacles
Of the daily grind - I’m their boss puritanical.
I’ve come here with a play I’ve selected,
Just got to produce and direct it.
SNUG: Snug is the name, keep it simple and plain,
Lack the lion’s share of the company brain,
It’s hard to learn lines, hard be a star,
Little slow of study but I’m first to the bar.
ALL: Meet the Mechanicals, meet the Mechanicals,
Our humble group;
Lowly pedestrians turned into thespians -
QUINCE: And quite the troupe!
ALL: Meet the Mechanicals, meet the Mechanicals,
Workers by day;
At night we delight in the lines we recite
And if we get them right, we’re going to make a play.
STARVELING: I’m Starveling.
SNOUT: I’m Snout.
STARVELING: We’re a marvel.
SNOUT: No doubt!
BOTH: We’re going to show you what making theatre’s about.
SNOUT: Just a tinker and a tailor -
STARVELING: But you’ll see real soon,
SNOUT: We think outside the walls
STARVELING: And we shoot for the moon.
FLUTE: Francis Flute, I’m the little one,
I’m starry-eyed, and although I’m young,
I’ll show how grown-up I can be,
When they give the hero’s part to me!
Just wait and see!
ALL: Meet the Mechanicals, meet the Mechanicals,
Our humble group;
Lowly pedestrians turned into thespians -
QUINCE: And quite the troupe!
ALL: Meet the Mechanicals, meet the Mechanicals,
Workers by day;
At night we delight in the lines we recite
And if we get them right, we’re going to make a play.
BOTTOM: Meet the weaver Bottom, you’ll cheer when you spot him.
You looking for talents? I’ll tell ya, I got ‘em.
Now, you can call me Bottom but I rise to the top,
The cream of the crop, never cease, never stop.
I show my arts in lovers parts and tyrants too,
Just gimme a role, I’ll give it my heart and soul for you,
Watch me tread the boards, there’s no doubt I’m a pro
How about a ‘bravo’? Bottom out, now they know.
ALL: Meet the Mechanicals, meet the Mechanicals,
Our humble group;
Lowly pedestrians turned into thespians -
QUINCE: And quite the troupe!
ALL: Meet the Mechanicals, meet the Mechanicals,
Workers by day;
At night we delight in the lines we recite
And if we get them right, we’re going to make a play.We're going to make a play!
Meet the Mechanicals!
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Synopsis
Puck takes us to a lowly house on the other side of Athens - the home of Mistress Quince.
Quince has assembled a troupe of amateur actors - the Mechanicals - and they are to begin rehearsing a play based on the story of 'Pyramus and Thisbe', which has been penned by Quince herself and will be performed in front of Theseus and Hippolyta as part of the wedding celebrations.
The actors are a motley collection of tinkers, tailors and bellows-menders…and one would-be thespian called Nick Bottom who constantly interrupts Quince to showcase his talents.
Once the parts for the play have been assigned by Quince the actors agree to meet that night to begin rehearsals at a secret location in the woods.
Resources
A Midsummer Night's Dream - A Musical for Schools
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Meet the Mechanicals - Lyrics. document
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Meet the Mechanicals - Music. document
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Song 2: 'Meet the Mechanicals' - Instrumental
QUINCE: Is all our company here?
ALL: Yeah, all our company’s here.
QUINCE: Mechanicals, are you ready?
ALL: Mechanicals, always ready!
QUINCE: From the page -
ALL: To the stage!
QUINCE: Let’s rehearse -
ALL: Spin a verse!
QUINCE: Meet the Mechanicals, freed from the manacles
Of the daily grind - I’m their boss puritanical.
I’ve come here with a play I’ve selected,
Just got to produce and direct it.
SNUG: Snug is the name, keep it simple and plain,
Lack the lion’s share of the company brain,
It’s hard to learn lines, hard be a star,
Little slow of study but I’m first to the bar.
ALL: Meet the Mechanicals, meet the Mechanicals,
Our humble group;
Lowly pedestrians turned into thespians -
QUINCE: And quite the troupe!
ALL: Meet the Mechanicals, meet the Mechanicals,
Workers by day;
At night we delight in the lines we recite
And if we get them right, we’re going to make a play.
STARVELING: I’m Starveling.
SNOUT: I’m Snout.
STARVELING: We’re a marvel.
SNOUT: No doubt!
BOTH: We’re going to show you what making theatre’s about.
SNOUT: Just a tinker and a tailor -
STARVELING: But you’ll see real soon,
SNOUT: We think outside the walls
STARVELING: And we shoot for the moon.
FLUTE: Francis Flute, I’m the little one,
I’m starry-eyed, and although I’m young,
I’ll show how grown-up I can be,
When they give the hero’s part to me!
Just wait and see!
ALL: Meet the Mechanicals, meet the Mechanicals,
Our humble group;
Lowly pedestrians turned into thespians -
QUINCE: And quite the troupe!
ALL: Meet the Mechanicals, meet the Mechanicals,
Workers by day;
At night we delight in the lines we recite
And if we get them right, we’re going to make a play.
BOTTOM: Meet the weaver Bottom, you’ll cheer when you spot him.
You looking for talents? I’ll tell ya, I got ‘em.
Now, you can call me Bottom but I rise to the top,
The cream of the crop, never cease, never stop.
I show my arts in lovers parts and tyrants too,
Just gimme a role, I’ll give it my heart and soul for you,
Watch me tread the boards, there’s no doubt I’m a pro
How about a ‘bravo’? Bottom out, now they know.
ALL: Meet the Mechanicals, meet the Mechanicals,
Our humble group;
Lowly pedestrians turned into thespians -
QUINCE: And quite the troupe!
ALL: Meet the Mechanicals, meet the Mechanicals,
Workers by day;
At night we delight in the lines we recite
And if we get them right, we’re going to make a play.We're going to make a play!
Meet the Mechanicals!
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More songs from A Midsummer Night's Dream
1. What a Lovely Midsummer Day
The opening song is an upbeat celebration of the forthcoming marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta.
3. The Land of the Fairies
A hushed, magical song - tinged with Celtic folk - for the woodland fairies.
4. The Flower's Spell
A song about the power of the magic flower - the cause of all the confusion and mayhem.
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