

This Standard Ebooks edition is based on William George Clark and William Aldis Wrightâs 1887 Victoria edition, which is taken from the Globe edition.Ĭompatible epub â All devices and apps except Kindles and Kobos.Īzw3 â Kindle devices and apps. Unbeknownst to all, they have also entered the realm of the fairy kingdom, ruled by King Oberon and Queen Titania and inhabited by the mischievous Puck.

Also entering the woods are six actors practicing a play for the duke and his new wife. During their visit to Athens four guestsâ≍emetrius, Lysander, Helena, and Hermiaâare trying to find their own spouses and to follow each other into the woods. The play opens with Theseus, Duke of Athens, and Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, planning the celebration of their marriage. The exact reason for why this play was produced has been lost to time some historians theorize that it could have been written for an aristocratic wedding, or for Queen Elizabeth I to celebrate the feast of St. It was written around 1595 and first published in Shakespeareâs first quarto in 1600. Part of the Encyclopædia Britannicaâs Great Books of the Western WorldĪ Midsummer Nightâs Dream is one of the many comedies written by William Shakespeare.

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