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
The chief executive of Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre has resigned following a censorship row prompted by the cancellation of a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2025
The Grove's motto, taken from A Midsummer Night's Dream, is "Weaving spiders come not here" - an admonition against business talk that has been often ignored.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2023
He also played Cobweb in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" on Broadway in 1971, according to IBDB.
From Fox News ● Dec. 2, 2020
As in some radical retelling of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, society’s normally invisible workings had been made briefly visible.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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