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Librivox recording of a midsummer night s dream, by william shakespeare. A midsummer nights dream by william shakespeare narrated by. In a midsummer night s dream, shakespeare mocks tragic love stories through the escapades of the lovers in the forests and the ridiculous version of pyramus and thisbe a tragic romance from ovids the metamorphoses that bottom and his company perform. Its a midsummer night s dream, shakespeare at his most fanciful. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading a midsummer night s dream the pelican shakespeare. A midsummer night s dream is a comedy written by william shakespeare c. Shakespeare combined his love of theater with greek mythology and the supernatural to create what is arguably his most playfully imaginative work.
Three very amusing stories tightly connected with each other fascinate the reader with numerous love adventures. The theme of the story is that love has no laws and is blind and unpredictable. A midsummer nights dream by william shakespeare folger shakespeare library the worlds leading center for shakespeare studiesthe folger. The events surrounding the marriage of theseus, the duke of athens, to hippolyta, the former queen of the amazons narrated in plain modern english, capturing the very essence and key elements of the. The reason for that is a potion of a forest spirit puck. Listen to streaming audio of a midsummer night s dream audiobook and download all william shakespeare audiobooks in mp3,and m4b formats for free from our library. Its a midsummer nights dream, shakespeare at his most fanciful.
Sir ian mckellen, prunella scales, frank duncan, and joan hart perform shakespeare s a midsummer night s dream. In an enchanted wood near athens, four quarreling lovers, a company of terrible actors, a host of forest spirits and an ass come together in an explosive dis. Shakespeare wrote romeo and juliet around the same time he wrote a midsummer night s dream. In the forest the funniest things happen while the young lovers encounter with the fairies.
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