A Midsummer Night's Dream
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| - | '''''A Midsummer Night's Dream''''' is a [[romantic comedy]] by [[William Shakespeare]] written sometime in the 1590s. It portrays the adventures of four young [[Athens|Athenian]] [[lover]]s and a group of amateur actors, their interactions with the Duke and Duchess of Athens, [[Theseus]] and [[Hippolyta]], and with [[fairies]] who inhabit a moonlit forest. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world. | + | |
| + | '''''A Midsummer Night's Dream''''' is a [[romantic love|romantic]] [[Shakespearean comedies|comedy]] by [[William Shakespeare]]. It was suggested by "[[The Knight's Tale]]" from [[Geoffrey Chaucer]]'s ''[[The Canterbury Tales]]'' and written around 1594 to 1596. It portrays the adventures of four young [[Athens|Athenian]] lovers and a group of amateur actors, their interactions with the Duke of Athens, [[Theseus]], the Queen of the Amazons, [[Hippolyta]], and with the [[fairies]] who inhabit a moonlit forest. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world. | ||
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A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare. It was suggested by "The Knight's Tale" from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales and written around 1594 to 1596. It portrays the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of amateur actors, their interactions with the Duke of Athens, Theseus, the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta, and with the fairies who inhabit a moonlit forest. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world.
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