Midsummer Night's Dream, A
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a comedy (1595?) by Shakespeare.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's DreamA comedy by William Shakespeare about a group of lovers who spend a night in a forest, where they are the victims of fairies' pranks and enchantments. One famous line from A Midsummer Night's Dream is “Lord, what fools these mortals be!”
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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The RSC's A Midsummer Night's Dream: A Play for the Nation sees local theatre actors from around the UK play the "rude Mechanicals" alongside a professional cast.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2015
The RSC's Erica Whyman, who will direct A Midsummer Night's Dream: A Play for the Nation, said Shakespeare's comedy was "a very affectionate and fitting way to celebrate amateur actors everywhere".
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2015
A bit further along, Perreau unveils a light green piece, created by Italian costume designer Ezio Toffolutti for one of the fairies in William Shakespeare’s "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
His final production for the RSC, in 1970, was a memorable, airborne version of A Midsummer Night's Dream using trapezes and stilts.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2022
He also played Cobweb in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" on Broadway in 1971, according to IBDB.
From Fox News ● Dec. 2, 2020
In a school production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, he played the charming Lysander; during a rehearsal, the misfit scoring the play swore at the teacher, and in Yorke, O’Brien found a fellow outsider.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 9, 2020
Shakespeare called the full stop a period in A Midsummer Night’s Dream when he described nervous players “making periods in the midst of sentences”.
From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author
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