A Midsummer Night's Dream: Play Guide and Free Edition
A Midsummer Night's Dream: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
A Midsummer Night's Dream is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Shakespeare, William (1564–1616).
Catalogue synopsis
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"A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare is a comedy play written in about 1595 or 1596. Set in ancient Athens, the story weaves together multiple plots surrounding the wedding of Duke Theseus and Amazon Queen Hippolyta. Four young Athenian lovers become entangled in romantic confusion, while amateur actors rehearse a play for the wedding celebration. When both groups wander into an enchanted forest, mischievous fairies manipulate their affairs with magical potions, creating chaos under the moonlight as the fairy king and queen pursue their own domestic quarrel.
Book and edition facts
- Title: A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Author credits: Shakespeare, William (1564–1616)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Athens (Greece) -- Drama
- Comedy plays
- Courtship -- Drama
- Fairy plays
Gutenberg collections
- Category: British Literature
- Category: Classics of Literature
- Category: Humour
- Category: Plays/Films/Dramas
- Category: Romance
- Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy
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