{"product_id":"a-midsummer-nights-dream-9781408133491","title":"A Midsummer Nights Dream","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Arden Shakespeare is the established edition of Shakespeare''s work. Justly celebrated for its authoritative scholarship and invaluable commentary, Arden editions guide you to a richer understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare''s plays. This edition of \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night''s Dream\u003c\/i\u003e provides a clear and authoritative text, detailed notes and commentary on the same page as the text and a full introduction discussing the critical and historical background to the play. The editor brings fresh perspectives on global productions and adaptations of this most-loved of Shakespeare''s comedies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations General editors’ Preface Preface INTRODUCTION \u003cb\u003eSTAGE, SCREEN, ART\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe play in its time: staging and casting\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBritish productions:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Restoration to nineteenth century\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBritish productions: the twentieth century and after\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eEurope\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBeyond Europe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eOther media: cinema, music, art\u003c\/i\u003e   \u003cb\u003eSOURCES AND ANALOGUES: FAIRIES AND MORTALS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eFairies and fairy lore \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eOvid: the classics and the fairies\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePyramus and Thisbe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTheseus and Hippolyta: Plutarch, Chaucer and Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003eTHEMES AND DESIGNS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003ePastoral: the forest\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDreamers and Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePatriarchy\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCarnival, class, court\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTheatre, art and illusion\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe comedy of compromise\u003c\/i\u003e   \u003cb\u003eLANGUAGE AND VERSE \u003c\/b\u003e   A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Appendix 1: Casting Chart Appendix 2:Date and Occasion Appendix 3: The Text Abbreviations and References Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866799059287,"sku":"9781408133491","price":10.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781408133491.jpg?v=1722280088","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-midsummer-nights-dream-9781408133491","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}