A Midsummer Night's Dream

Ideal for students, theatre-goers, actors and general readers, the RSC Shakespeare editions offer a fresh, accessible and contemporary approach to reading and rediscovering Shakespeare s works for the twenty-first century.

Introduction to the Play. - Magical thinking. - Metamorphosis. - The Festive World. - ' The poet' s eye . . . the poet' s pen' . - Introduction to the Text. - Key Facts. - A Midsummer Night' s Dream. - Textual Notes. - Scene-by-Scene Analysis. - A Midsummer Night' s Dream in Performance: The RSC and Beyond. - Four Centuries of the Dream: An Overview. - At the Royal Shakespeare Company. - The Director' s Cut: Interviews with Michael Boyd, Gregory Doran, Tim Supple. - Shakespeare' s Career in the Theatre. - Shakespeare' s Works: A Chronology. - Further Reading and Viewing. - Acknowledgements and Picture Credits.