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A Midsummer Night's Dream

By William Shakespeare

"A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare is a comedy play written in about 1595 or 1596. Set in ancient Athens, the story weaves together multiple plots surrounding the wedding of Duke Theseus and Amazon Queen Hippolyta. Four young Athenian lovers become entangled in romantic…

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"A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare is a comedy play written in about 1595 or 1596. Set in ancient Athens, the story weaves together multiple plots surrounding the wedding of Duke Theseus and Amazon Queen Hippolyta. Four young Athenian lovers become entangled in romantic confusion, while amateur actors rehearse a play for the wedding celebration. When both groups wander into an enchanted forest, mischievous fairies manipulate their affairs with magical potions, creating chaos under the moonlight as the fairy king and queen pursue their own domestic quarrel. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Athens (Greece) -- DramaComedy playsCourtship -- DramaFairy playsCategory: British LiteratureCategory: Classics of LiteratureCategory: HumourCategory: Plays/Films/DramasCategory: RomanceCategory: Science-Fiction & Fantasy
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