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A Midsummer Night's Dream Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Shakespeare, William (Author), Clemen, Wolfgang (Editor)
ISBN: 0451526961     ISBN-13: 9780451526960
Publisher: Signet Book
OUR PRICE:   $5.36  
Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats
Published: May 1998
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Annotation: Newly revised, this comic play by Shakespeare features a new Introduction by Sylvan Barnet, former Chairman of the English Department at Tufts University, an updated bibliography, suggested references, and stage and film history.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Drama | Shakespeare
- Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Literary Criticism | Shakespeare
Dewey: 822.33
LCCN: 97062064
Series: Signet Classic Shakespeare
Physical Information: 0.58" H x 4.15" W x 6.91" (0.27 lbs) 240 pages
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
Magic, love spells, and an enchanted wood provide the materials for one of Shakespeare's most delightful comedies.

When four young lovers, fleeing the law and their own mismatched rivalries, take to the forest of Athens, their lives become entangled with a feud between the King and Queen of the Fairies, resulting in a marvelous mix-up of desire and enchantment, merriment and farce....

This title in the Signet Classics Shakespeare series includes:

- An overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater
- A special introduction to the play by the editor, Wolfgang Clemen
- A note on the sources from which Shakespeare derived A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Dramatic criticism from William Hazlitt, John Russell Brown, Frank Hermode, and others
- A comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable format
- Recommended readings