On May 30, the final election of the 12th "Hope China" Bilingual Culture and Art Festival in Beijing came to an end in Shijia Primary School。The cast of "A Midsummer Night's Dream", composed of students from Class 1912 of the High School Affiliated to Tsinghua University, won the special prize and the Best Performance award of the secondary school group for this classic Shakespeare play。

At the end of 2020, the cast of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" won the grand prize in the Senior 19 English short Play Competition held by Tsinghua High School, and participated in the "Chinese and Foreign classic plays" category in the first half of this year to register for "Hope China" bilingual Culture and Art Festival。The event is part of the international exchange of youth culture and art under the Belt and Road Initiative，End with "beyond the stage, "to the world.，He called on primary and secondary school students to convey China's voice to the world in the form of drama，Twelve sessions have been held so far，Tsinghua Affiliated High School students have also won many competitions。"The gentleman is harmonious but different", the students enjoyed many English plays based on Chinese folk stories at the competition site, and also improved their understanding of the multicultural situation of the world in the process of preparing for the competition。"Each beauty its own beauty, beauty of beauty, beauty and the world together," the colorful cultural feast on the stage。

"A Midsummer Night's Dream" is widely regarded as Shakespeare's most popular comedy, and its complex plot clues and rich language make it difficult to reduce the length of the adaptation。After adding and deleting 23 versions of the script, the writer and director decided to keep the main plot and classic scenes, such as the fencing duel between Demetrius and Lysander, and fleshed-out details to make the performance full and complete。At the same time, in order to meet the requirements of the competition, the students added time stagnation and backtracking to make the plot more tight, and the addition of later elements is also a tribute to Shakespeare's language style and clothing of the Elizabethan period in the ancient Greek era。The adaptation was also recognized by the judges, who called it "authentic and special."。

On the day of the competition, the students came to Shijia Primary School a few hours in advance for makeup and venue adaptation。Although there were no lights and headphones, everyone also presented a complete and wonderful performance for the judges, and won guidance and recognition。On the other hand, the judges also put forward professional suggestions on the actors' costumes, which benefited the students a lot。In the individual style show, five actors introduced and demonstrated Taiji, Weiqi, sachet, water sleeve and classical dance in English, which was a very educational activity。I would like to thank all the teachers and parents for their enthusiastic help in this activity. Your material and spiritual support is the motivation for the students to devote themselves to it。Thanks to Tsinghua High School for providing students with the opportunity and platform to show their emotions and deeply understand the cultural connotation. Aesthetic education and cultural consciousness will benefit people for a lifetime。