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Take a look in the Christopher Brennan Library for books that will supplement your learning and understanding of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
A Midsummer Night's Dream by
Edited, Introduced and Annotated by Cedric Watts, Professor of English Literature, University of Sussex. The Wordsworth Classics; Shakespeare Series, presents a newly-ed works. The textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal. Its lyricism, comedy (both broad and subtle) and magical transformations have long made A Midsummer Night's Dream one of the most popular of Shakespeare's works.
A Midsummer Night's Dream by
End your struggle with the Bard's prose and appreciate his comedy about the trials and tribulations of love. Shakespeare on the Double! A Midsummer Night's Dream includes an easy-to-understand modern English translation alongside the original Shakespearian text so that you can read only the translation, read the translation with the original text, or tackle the original text, referring only to the translation when you're stumped. A comprehensive character list describes the traits of each major character, a visual map depicts relationships, and review questions reinforce important information so you won't miss the action.
A Midsummer Night's Dream - A Shakespeare Children's Story by
This short narrative version of the play has been suitably adapted to help introduce the play to young readers.
A Midsummer Night's Dream by
A narrative written for young readers. This book also includes notes on Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre and Love and Magic in A Midsummer's Night Dream.
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Magna Shakespeare by
This book is part of Magna Shakespeare, a series of graphic novel adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays.
A Midsummer Night's Dream by
Using a carefully edited text and a unique cartoon-strip format to link important passages, the Shakespeare Graphics series brings to life Shakespeare's most popular plays, making them accessible to students of all abilities.
A Midsummer Night's Dream by
Shakespeare Today captures the magic of Shakespeare's original play and sets it in an accessible, contemporary style.
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors (mechanicals), who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world.
