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4 days ago · An introduction to A Midsummer Night's Dream. Click on any scene below for a side-by-side translation from the original Shakespeare into modern English.
1 day ago · It occurs in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, just after the delightfully exuberant Bottom wakes up from the enchantment cast upon him by Puck earlier in the play, when he is partly transformed into a ...
2 days ago · A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of only three of William Shakespeare’s plays written without a primary source of inspiration (the other two being Love’s Labours Lost and The Tempest). Of course, Shakespeare did borrow from various classical works for A Midsummer Night’s Dream , like Aristophanes, Plutarch, Ovid, Seneca, Chaucer and so ...
2 days ago · A Midsummer Night's Dream is a witty mixture of romance, fairy magic, and comic lowlife scenes. Shakespeare's next comedy, the equally romantic The Merchant of Venice, contains a portrayal of the vengeful Jewish moneylender Shylock, which reflects dominant Elizabethan views but may appear derogatory to modern audiences.
9 hours ago · The festival hosted its inaugural season in June 1986 with performances of Shakespeare’s "Twelfth Night," "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" and "The Daisy Bradford 3" by Gifford Wingate.
1 day ago · A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of Shakespeare's most beloved comedies, filled with enchanting fairies, misguided lovers, and a bumbling group of amateur actors. It is purported that Midsummer is also the most oft produced Shakespeare and for good reason: strong roles for comic actors, easily adaptable into different themes, and who doesn’t ...
2 days ago · Alexis ZamoraEvan PosadasScherzo from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)Arr. 2 Flutes by Joseph-Henri Altès[5/28/2024]
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