{"product_id":"a-midsummer-nights-dream-9781503250789","title":"A Midsummer Night's Dream","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Midsummer Night's Dream\u003c\/strong\u003e by Shakespeare, William. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781503250789.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“It’s as if Shakespeare is saying: it is a play after all. It’s only a play”\n\nA Midsummer Nights 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 (mechanical), 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 Shakespeares most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world.\n\nThe play consists of four interconnecting plots, connected by a celebration of the wedding of Duke Theseus of Athens and the Amazon queen, Hippolyta, which are set simultaneously in the woodland and in the realm of Fairyland, under the light of the moon.\n\nA Midsummer Nights Dream has been produced many times in New York, including several stagings by the New York Shakespeare Festival at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park and a production by the Theatre for a New Audience, produced by Joseph Papp at the Public Theater. In 1978, the Riverside Shakespeare Company staged an outdoor production starring Eric Hoffmann as Puck, with Karen Hurley as Titania and Eric Conger as Oberon, directed by company founder Gloria Skurski.\n\nA True Classic that Belongs on Every Bookshelf!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"CREATESPACE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45118034477109,"sku":"ByrdShop_1503250784","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781503250789_dc7f8422-a2b1-4183-bb52-8be398b93047.jpg?v=1781055166","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/a-midsummer-nights-dream-9781503250789","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}