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A Midsummer Night's Dream is a classic comedy by William Shakespeare.
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- One of Shakespeare's most popular plays
- Believed to have been written in 1595 or 1596
- Entered into the Register of the Stationers Company on Oct. 8, 1600
- First performed at Court on Jan. 1, 1604
- Was never performed in its entirety until the 1840s
- Puck
- Oberon & Titania
- Lysander & Hermia
- Demetrius & Helena
- "Lord, what fools these mortals be."
- "The course of true love never did run smooth."
- "Thou speak'st aright; I am that merry wanderer of the night."
- "If we shadows have offended..."
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Lord, what fools these mortals be! -- William Shakespeare, "A Midsummer-Night's Dream"
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View All A Midsummer Night's Dream Questions (1143) | Ask a QuestionDoes anyone know exactly what it means in A Midsummers Night Dream when Hermia says,...the wishers eyes be pressed? (1 Answer)It means, "The wisher's eyes be closed in sleep" read moreDoes anyone have links to continuous or consecutive dream examples? (1 Answer)Here's a guy who had some about zombies: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090215125151AAa0SaH Guy dreams about a girl: http://n2.nabble.com/Three-Consecutive-Chronlogical-Dreams.-td29349.html http://fragilite.com/en/music/chain-of-dreams-for-4-clarinets-2008/ http://www.sleeps.com/forums/dream-interpretation/17230.htm Some info on analysis: http://www.pep-web.org/document.php?id=PSAR.043.0042A read moreWhat is William Shakespeares best play? (7 Answers)Not to wax philosophical but I think Shakespeare's best play is the one when read that speaks to you personally. I guess it's possible that one may be better written ... read more
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A Midsummer Night's Dream in TV and Films
- Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
- 1909: A Midsummer Night's Dream
- 1935: A Midsummer Night's Dream (James Cagney)
- 1959: Sen noci svatojanske(Filmed in Czechoslovakia, English Language)
- 1967: A Midsummer Night's Dream
- 1968: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Helen Mirren)
- 1981: A Midsummer Night's Dream
- 1981: Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream
- 1982: A Midsummer Night's Dream (TV)
- 1999: William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (Kevin Kline)
- 2001: The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream
- 2005: A Midsummer NIght's Dream
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (Dover Thrift Editions) - $1.50
Among the most popular of all Shakespeare’s comedies, this play humorously celebrates the vagaries of love. With its several pairs of lovers, on-again, off-again romances, magic spells, fairies, and a bumbling troupe of would-be actors, the...
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Love is blind, fickle and true. And under the sway of capricious fairies it becomes blinder ( a queen romances as donkey), more fickle (best friends swoon over each other's beau) and truest of all (lovers repledge their devotion). "Lord, wh...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (The New Folger Library Shakespeare) - $5.99
Each edition includes: <P> • Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play <P> • Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play <P> • Scene-by-scene p...
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A stellar cast, headed by Michelle Pfeiffer and Kevin Kline, bring Shakespeare's romantic comedy to life. When two pairs of star-crossed lovers, a feuding pair of supernatural sprites and a love potion gone awry all come together in an enc...
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