Midsummer Night's Dream

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FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY The Worlds Leading Center for Shakespeare StudiesThe Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the worlds largest Shakespeare collection, brings A Midsummer Nights Dream to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition.In A Midsummer Nights Dream, Shakespeare stages the workings of love in unexpected ways. In the woods outside Athens, two young men and two young women sort themselves into couplesbut not before they form first one love triangle, and then another. The king and queen of fairyland, Oberon and Titania, battle over custody of an orphan boy. Oberon uses magic to make Titania fall in love with a weaver named Bottom, in an effort to distract Titania from the custody battle. While all of this is going on, Bottom and his companions ineptly stage the tragedy of Pyramus and Thisbe.This new full-cast recordingbased on the most respected edition of Shakespeares classicexpertly produced by the Folger Theatre, is perfect for students, teachers, and the everyday listener.