Author: William ShakespearePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
The Oxford Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Author: William ShakespearePublisher: Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN: 0192834207
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
A Midsummer Night's Dream is perhaps the best loved of Shakespeare's plays. It brings together aristocrats, workers, and fairies in a wood outside Athens, and from there the enchantment begins. In the introduction to this edition, Peter Holland pays particular attention to dreams and dreamers, and to Shakespeare's construction of a world of night and shadows. Both here and in his commentary he explores the play's extensive performance history to illustrate the wide range of interpretations of which it is capable. - ;A Midsummer Night's Dream is perhaps the best loved of Shakepeare's plays. It brings together aristocrats, workers, and fairies in a wood outside Athens, and from there the enchantment begins. Simple and engaging on the surface, it is none the less a highly original and sophisticated work, remarkable for both its literary and its theatrical mastery. It is one of the very few of Shakespeare's plays which do not draw on narrative sources, which suggests that it reflects his deepest imaginative concerns to an unusual degree. In his introduction Peter Holland pays particular attention to dreams and dreamers, and to Shakespeare's construction of a world of night and shadows. Both here and in his commentary he explores the play's extensive performance history to illustrate the wide range of interpretations of which it is capable. -
Oxford School Shakespeare: Midsummer Night's Dream
Author: William ShakespearePublisher: Oxford University Press - Children
ISBN: 0199137617
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Oxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed edition especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of the most popular texts for study by secondary students the world over. This edition includes illustrations, preliminary notes, reading lists (including websites) and classroom notes.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Author: William ShakespearePublisher: Random House
ISBN: 0241695058
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
With a foreword by Becky Albertalli, author of Imogen, Obviously and Love, Simon ‘The course of true love never did run smooth’ Hermia loves Lysander. But she must marry Demetrius or be condemned to life in a convent. Together, Hermia and Lysander plan to elope to escape their fate. But Helena, Hermia’s best friend, secretly loves Demetrius and, hoping to win his heart, tells him about the plan. Deep in the forest, the four unlucky lovers cross paths with Oberon, the jilted fairy king. When a powerful, love-inducing flower is put to nefarious use, a case of multiple mistaken identities sets in motion a night of magic and mayhem that could change all of their lives forever. A Midsummer Night's Dream is Shakespeare’s magical romantic comedy of trickery, love triangles and mistaken identities. Discover STAGED, a limited collection of Shakespeare’s unabridged plays celebrating the genius of the Bard and the tropes that continue to delight YA readers to this day. Explore the rest of the STAGED collection: As You Like It – With a foreword by Talia Hibbert Hamlet – With a foreword by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé Macbeth – With a foreword by Kat Delacorte Much Ado About Nothing – With a foreword by Holly Bourne Romeo and Juliet – With a foreword by Jennifer Niven
Author: William ShakespeareA Midsummer Night's Dream
Author: William ShakespearePublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Hermia loves Lysander and Helena loves Demetrius, but the playful Puck uses a magic potion that makes the wrong men love the wrong women. Even Titania, the fairy queen, is made to fall in love with a workman with the head of a donkey One of Shakespeare's most magical and best-loved comedies. In play format, ideal for group performance.
Author: William Shakespeare
Author: William Shakespeare
Author: James L. Calderwood3 by Shakespeare
Author: William ShakespearePublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486447219
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Comedy, tragedy, and history are masterfully represented in this anthology of Shakespeare's works. Features A Midsummer Night's Dream, a celebration of the imaginative powers of love; Romeo and Juliet, a gripping and passionate romantic drama; and Richard III, a portrait of a villain who seduces, betrays, and murders his way to the throne. Includes informative footnotes.
