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Jul 31, 2015 · Synopsis: In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, residents of Athens mix with fairies from a local forest, with comic results. In the city, Theseus, Duke of Athens, is to marry Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons. Bottom the weaver and his friends rehearse in the woods a play they hope to stage for the wedding celebrations.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy play written by William Shakespeare in about 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict among four Athenian lovers.
- c. 1595–96
- Probably The Theatre, London
A Midsummer’s Night Dream, comedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, written about 1595–96. With its multilayered examination of love and its vagaries, it has long been one of the most popular of his plays. Learn about A Midsummer Night’s Dream, including its plot and characters.
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Hippolyta. Four days will quickly steep themselves in night; Four nights will quickly dream away the time; And then the moon, like to a silver bow 10. New-bent in heaven, shall behold the night. Of our solemnities. Theseus. Go, Philostrate, Stir up the Athenian youth to merriments;
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Probably written between 1594 and 1596, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays. It is set across two worlds – the court of Athens and a mystical forest that lies beyond the city’s walls. The play is a comedy and explores themes of the irrationality of love, desire, friendship, possession, jealousy and magic.
Full Book Analysis. Previous Next. The desire for well-matched love and the struggle to achieve it drives the plot of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The play opens on a note of desire, as Theseus, Duke of Athens, waxes poetic about his anticipated wedding to Hippolyta. The main conflict is introduced when other lovers’ troubles take center stage.
