FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY
The Worldâs Leading Center for Shakespeare Studies
The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the worldâs largest Shakespeare collection, brings A Midsummer Nightâs Dream to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition.
In A Midsummer Nightâs 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 couplesâbut 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 âPyramus and Thisbe.â
This new full-cast recordingâbased on the most respected edition of Shakespeareâs classicâexpertly produced by the Folger Theatre, is perfect for students, teachers, and the everyday listener.