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What's it about and why do we still read Shakespeare?

What's it about?

Four Athenians run away to the forest only to have Puck the fairy make both of the boys fall in love with the same girl. The four run through the forest pursuing each other while Puck helps his master play a trick on the fairy queen. In the end, Puck reverses the magic, and the two couples reconcile and marry. https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/

And why are we still reading this play after all this time? Watch the videos below and find out!

All about A midsummer night's dream

Short plot summary from Encyclopedia Britannica

Some music while you work! The wedding march from A midsummer night's dream by Mendelssohn

In Brigidine Library

A Midsummer Night #nofilter by William Shakespeare; Brett Wright
ISBN: 9780553538823
Publication Date: 2016-01-05
A Midsummer Night's Dream, one of the greatest stories ever told: What if the fairies and star-crossed lovers of the forest had smartphones?
Mendelssohn's A midsummer night's dream by Lee M., Huet, E.
Call Number: PIC MEN
ISBN: 9781925233780
Publication Date: 2015
William Shakespeare by Stewart Ross
Call Number: NF822.33SHA
ISBN: 9780237535872
Publication Date: 2008-07-01
Shakespeare's era is brought to life in photographs and artwork of places and artefacts, and quotations from his works, letters and diaries. A timeline sets his works in their historical context.