A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, published by Oxford University Press in 1994, is a classic work that spans 275 pages. This play intertwines the lives of aristocrats, workers, and fairies in a forest outside Athens, setting the stage for a tale of enchantment and complexity. The text is notable for its originality and sophistication, showcasing Shakespeare’s literary and theatrical mastery without relying on existing narrative sources.
Readers will find an exploration of themes such as dreams and the nature of reality, as highlighted in Peter Holland’s introduction. The commentary delves into the play’s extensive performance history, revealing the diverse interpretations it has inspired over time. This edition serves as a valuable resource for those interested in drama, literary criticism, and the linguistic nuances of Shakespeare’s work.
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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. 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.
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