A Midsummer Night's Dream

William Shakespeare

• Publisher: Read & Co. Classics
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9781528705127
• eBook ISBN: 9781528785549
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: British Drama
• Index: Literature

Read & Co. Classics presents this new beautiful edition of William Shakespeare's well-loved play, "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Featuring a specially commissioned new biography of William Shakespeare, it is a must for Shakespeare enthusiasts and newcomers alike. The fantastical adventure, brings love potions, fairies, intrigue, and royalty, all together under an enchanted forest. It is Shakespeare's most captivating comedy and one of the most popular to be performed on stage. Under the influence of the fairies and actions of mischievous sprite, Puck, all become dreamily entangled, with comical results. William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) was an English playwright, poet, and actor. He is considered to be the greatest writer in the English language and is celebrated as the world's most famous dramatist.

A MIDSUMMER
NIGHT’S DREAM

By

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

A MIDSUMMER
NIGHT’S DREAM

A Comedy

By

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

First published in 1600

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Contents

William Shakespeare

DRAMATIS PERSONÆ

ACT I.

SCENE I. Athens. A Room in the Palace of Theseus.

SCENE II. The Same. A Room in a Cottage

ACT II.

SCENE I. A Wood Near Athens.

SCENE II. Another Part of the Wood.

ACT III.

SCENE I. The Wood. The Queen of Fairies Lying Asleep.

SCENE II. Another Part of the Wood.

ACT IV.

SCENE I. The Wood.

SCENE II. Athens. A Room in Quince's House.

ACT V.

SCENE I. Athens. An Apartment in the Palace of Theseus.

SCENE II.

TO THE MEMORY OF MY BELOVED
THE AUTHOR, MR. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

By BEN JONSON

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare, as any reader of this book will presumably know, was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language - and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Referred to as England's national poet, and the 'Bard of Avon', his extant works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, (some with unconfirmed authorship). Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive, and there has been considerable speculation about matters as wide ranging as his physical appearance, sexuality and religious beliefs.

William Shakespeare was the son of John Shakespeare, an alderman and a successful glover originally from Snitterfield, and Mary Arden, the daughter of an affluent landowning farmer. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon and baptised there on 26th April 1564. His actual date of birth remains unknown, but is traditionally observed on 23rd April, Saint George's Day. Although n...

Table of contents

• William Shakespeare
• DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
• ACT I.
• ACT II.
• ACT III.
• ACT IV.
• ACT V.
• TO THE MEMORY OF MY BELOVED THE AUTHOR, MR. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE