A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, published by Blackie in 1969, presents a spirited adaptation of the classic play by Jeffrey Whitty. This edition, comprising 124 pages, is crafted in English and aims to make Shakespeare’s work accessible to contemporary readers while preserving the original’s essence. Whitty’s adaptation aligns closely with Shakespeare’s text, maintaining the play’s storytelling structure and humor, making it suitable for new audiences.
Readers will discover a fresh interpretation that captures the emotional depth and whimsical nature of the original play. This adaptation is part of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Play On! project, which seeks to present Shakespeare’s works in modern language without sacrificing the beauty of his verse. The edition serves as a bridge between the Elizabethan era and today’s readers, offering insights into the timeless themes of love and transformation found in this beloved drama.
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Shakespeare’s most spirited play, adapted for new audiences by Jeffrey Whitty.
Tony Award-winning and Oscar-nominated storyteller Jeffrey Whitty offers his adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, mindfully adapted into modern language. Matching the Bard line for line, rhyme for rhyme, Whitty illuminates Shakespeare’s meaning for modern audiences while maintaining the play’s storytelling architecture, emotional texture, and freewheeling humor. Designed to supplement, not supplant, the original, Whitty’s Midsummer cuts through the centuries to bring audiences a fresh, moment-by-moment take, designed to flow as effortlessly for modern audiences as Shakespeare’s beloved classic played to the Elizabethans.
This translation was written as part of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Play On! project, which commissioned new translations of thirty-nine Shakespeare plays. These translations present the work of “The Bard” in language accessible to modern audiences while never losing the beauty of Shakespeare’s verse. These volumes make these works available for the first time in print–a new First Folio for a new era.
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