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   Did Shakespeare write A Midsummer Night's Dream?

   • The version published in the First Folio of 1623 was taken from a second quarto edition, with some reference to a promptbook. One of the “great” or “middle” comedies, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, with its multilayered examination of love and its vagaries, has long been one of the most popular of Shakespeare’s plays.

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   What is A Midsummer Night's Dream About?

   • Another follows a group of six amateur actors rehearsing the play which they are to perform before the wedding. Both groups find themselves in a forest inhabited by fairies who manipulate the humans and are engaged in their own domestic intrigue. A Midsummer Night's Dreamis one of Shakespeare's most popular and widely performed plays.

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   Is A Midsummer Night's Dream a comedy?

   • Although A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy that provokes much laughter and mirth, a dark depth lurks beneath the moonlit charm and the play is dreamlike on several simultaneous planes of understanding. It is an exploration of four different kinds of love: court convention, young love, the supernatural spirit world, and the world of ‘honest toil'.

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   Was A Midsummer Night's Dream based on a true story?

   • A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare was likely created to celebrate an aristocratic wedding in 1595. The play begins with the announcement of a wedding and finishes on the night of a triple wedding. Inventing completely original plots may have been the one single dramatic title that nature denied him.

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   How should we read A Midsummer Night's Dream?

   • A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a play designed to be watched by an audience, so this is the context in which we should read the stage directions and any other relevant information Shakespeare provides, in addition to the dialogue. It is important to show examiners that you have an awareness of the form of this text.

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   Is A Midsummer Night's Dream a canonical play?

   • A Midsummer Night's Dream is a beloved mainstay of the Shakespearean canon and is played frequently around the world. For years, 'Shakespeare in the Park', called ‘Dream in the Park’, here in Toronto’s High Park featured A Midsummer Night's Dream and one other play every summer. Today both summer productions are a surprise.

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   1 day ago · A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, likely written around 1595-1596, is a delightful comedy that weaves together the intersecting stories of four young lovers, a group of amateur actors, and a mischievous group of fairies. Set in an enchanted forest near Athens, the play explores themes of love, illusion, and the unpredictable nature of desire.

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   4 days ago · April 26, 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. Died: April 23, 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon. Notable Works: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” “All’s Well That Ends Well” “Antony and Cleopatra” “As You Like It” “Coriolanus” “Cymbeline” First Folio. “Hamlet” “Henry IV, Part 1”

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   5 days ago · It’s fun that Shakespeare didn’t miss an opportunity to contrast his sincere theatrical efforts with caricatured misfires, and it’s interesting how his choices give us clues as to what he thought were the most vital and easy-to-fumble points of staged dialogue.

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   4 days ago · April 26, 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. Died: April 23, 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon. Notable Works: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” “All’s Well That Ends Well” “Antony and Cleopatra” “As You Like It” “Coriolanus” “Cymbeline” First Folio.

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   4 days ago · A Midsummer Night's Dream. PC: Ryan Salaman. Puck's concluding monologue is particularly significant, serving as both a whimsical farewell and a profound reflection on the nature of the play ...

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   4 days ago · April 23, 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon. Notable Works: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” “All’s Well That Ends Well” “Antony and Cleopatra” “As You Like It” “Coriolanus” “Cymbeline” First Folio. “Hamlet” “Henry IV, Part 1” “Henry IV, Part 2”

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    4 days ago · A Midsummer Night’s Dream is almost entirely note-perfect, a deeply welcome adaptation, and so much of that is down to the strength of the dancers, the incredible world they’ve built and the orchestral accompaniment. It’s a truly magical work, and a beautiful taster if you’re new to the world of Shakespeare, or even the world of ballet itself.