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A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream
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The authoritative edition of A Midsummer Night’s Dream from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, is now available as an eBook. Features include:

· The exact text of the printed book for easy cross-reference
· Hundreds of hypertext links for instant navigation
· Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
· Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play
· Scene-by-scene plot summaries
· A key to famous lines and phrases
· An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language
· Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books
· An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play
Woodland Daily Democrat, September 30, 2011
...Thursdays through Sundays through Oct. 2. Friends of the UC Davis Arboretum and the Davis Shakespeare Ensemble present William Shakespeare's comedy "A Midsummer' Night's Dream," performed outdoors at the Arboretum Gazebo. The production, ...
Guardian.co.uk, July 15, 2011
...do his job for the fun of it. His most famous depiction of am-dram is, of course, A Midsummer Night's Dream , where the "hard-handed men" of Athens stage their halting entertainment for Theseus and the lovers – a scene that lampoons, ...
Broadway World, January 5, 2010
...Cain's new play set in 1605 England begins when King James' right hand man (David Pittu) commissions William Shakespeare (John Pankow) to write a new play about the Gunpowder Plot, a recent failed attempt to blow up Parliament and the ...
Record-Eagle, December 4, 2009
...www.artcentertraversecity.com. NMC Players take on Shakespeare TRAVERSE CITY -- The Northwestern Michigan College Players present "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Dec. 11 through 13. The play, by William Shakespeare, will be performed in Scholars ...
Washington Times, October 27, 2009
...for Sunday night's Harman Center for the Arts Annual Gala, where Sir Ian McKellen was awarded the William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theater for his longtime career as a Shakespearean actor. 'My God, this is heavy,' remarked the ...