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A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy by William Shakespeare, written in the mid-1590s . Most of the action takes place in a forest just outside ancient Athens, and it has both human and fairy characters. Titania, the fairy queen, has just woken up in the forest, and sees Nick... Read Full Overview

William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream is comprised of a few interlocking plotlines, especially the tangled romantic tale of Hermia, Helena, Lysander, and Demetrius, and the conflict between the pixie lord Oberon and his sovereign Titania. Associating these two storylines... Read Full Overview

Set in Athens and consisting of several plots connected by the celebration of the wedding of Duke Theseus of Athens and the Amazon queen, Hippolyta. The play is set in a woodland in the realm of Fairyland, under the light of the moon where humans and fairies interact. The play... Read Full Overview

Shakespeare's intertwined love polygons begin to get complicated from the start--Demetrius and Lysander both want Hermia but she only has eyes for Lysander. Bad news is, Hermia's father wants Demetrius for a son-in-law. On the outside is Helena, whose unreturned love burns hot... Read Full Overview

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy written by William Shakespeare c. 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 between four Athenian lovers.

"In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare stages the workings of love. Theseus and Hippolyta, about to marry, are figures from mythology. In the woods outside Theseus's Athens, two young men and two young women sort themselves out into couples-but not before they form first... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This classic play is a masterpiece of English literature. The story follows the adventures of four young lovers and a group of amateur actors who are manipulated by fairies in a magical forest. With its lyrical language, clever wordplay, and timeless themes of love and mistaken... Read Full Overview

A Midsummer Nights Dream By William Shakespeare
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though... Read Full Overview

Written by William Shakespeare in 1595/96. It is a portrayal of the events surrounding the marriage of Theseus.