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Its lyricism, comedy (both broad and subtle) and magical transformations have long made 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' one of the most popular of Shakespeare's works. The supernatural and the mundane, the illusory and the substantial, are all shimmeringly blended. Love is treated as tragic, poignant, absurd and farcical. 'Lord, what fools these mortals be!', jeers Robin Goodfellow; but the joke may be on him and on his master Oberon when Bottom the weaver, his head transformed into that of an ass, is embraced by the voluptuously amorous Titania. Recent stage-productions of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' have emphasised the enchanting, spectacular, ambiguous and erotically joyous aspects of this magical drama which culminates in a multiple celebration of marriage. AUTHOR: William Shakespeare (1564-1616) needs little introduction. As we approach the four-hundredth anniversary of his death, his reputation as one of the greatest writers in the English language is undeniable - except by those who attribute his works to other writers.Product Identifiers
PublisherWordsworth Editions Ltd
ISBN-139781853260308
eBay Product ID (ePID)95505339
Product Key Features
Book TitleA Midsummer Night's Dream
AuthorWilliam Shakespeare
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicPlays
Publication Year1992
Dimensions
Item Height198mm
Item Width129mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorWilliam Shakespeare
Series TitleWordsworth Classics
EditorProfessor Cedric Watts
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom