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  1. Jul 31, 2015 · Read the full text of Shakespeare's comedy about love, magic and mischief in Athens and the forest. Follow the adventures of four young lovers, a weaver, a fairy king and queen, and a play within a play.

    • Act 1, scene 1

      In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare stages the...

  2. 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.

  3. May 28, 2024 · 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Learn about one of Shakespeare’s most famous comedies, set in a magical forest where four lovers and a group of actors face confusion and transformation. Explore the plays sources, themes, characters, quotes, and past productions at Shakespeare’s Globe.

  6. A Midsummer Night’s Dream play starts and ends in medieval Athens at a time when the atmosphere is one of celebration and love, as the Duke, Theseus, prepares to marry the Amazon Queen, Hippolyta. The action moves to nearby woods, inhabited by fairies.

  7. Jul 31, 2015 · 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…