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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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play by William Shakespeare
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" is a comedic play by William Shakespeare about love and magic in an enchanted forest. It matters because it remains one of Shakespeare's most performed and beloved works, known for its wit, fantastical elements, and exploration of how desire and confusion can transform human relationships.
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Wikidata facts
- Author
- William Shakespeare
- Country of origin
- Kingdom of England
- Depicts
- love potion
- Narrative location
- Athens
- Image
- Midsommer nights dreame 1600 Quarto title page.jpg
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- Commons category
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- topic's main category
- Category:A Midsummer Night's Dream
- inception
- 1595-00-00
- language of work or name
- English language
- title
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- first line
- Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour
- last line
- And Robin shall restore amends.
- different from
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- form of creative work
- play
- publication date
- 1600-00-00
- set in period
- Ancient Greece
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- time period
- Renaissance
- copyright status
- public domain
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Encyclopedic overview
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy play written by William Shakespeare between the years 1594 to 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict among four Athenian lovers. Another follows a group of six amateur actors rehearsing the play which they are to perform before the wedding. Both groups find themselves in a forest inhabited by fairies who manipulate the humans and are engaged in their own domestic intrigue. A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of Shakespeare's most popular and widely performed plays.
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