{"id":1302,"date":"2021-04-14T14:46:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T13:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/folio400.com\/?post_type=plays&#038;p=1302"},"modified":"2022-09-05T11:59:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T10:59:33","slug":"a-midsummer-nights-dream","status":"publish","type":"plays","link":"https:\/\/folio400.com\/plays\/a-midsummer-nights-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1302\" class=\"elementor elementor-1302\" data-elementor-post-type=\"plays\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1888ac0a elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"1888ac0a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-79e47c\" data-id=\"79e47c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a3ef248 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a3ef248\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">In 1598, the play is mentioned by Francis Meres in a list of Shakespeare\u2019s works. Scholars suggest its style dates it to 1595\u20131596.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The play was first printed as a quarto in 1600, probably typeset from a final-draft manuscript by Shakespeare. A second quarto, typeset from the first, was printed in 1619. The First Folio version was based mainly on the second quarto, with amendments \u2013 made from the acting company\u2019s prompt-book \u2013 possibly overseen by Heminge and Condell.\u2028<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-638c1e42\" data-id=\"638c1e42\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71c15724 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"71c15724\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/folio400.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/A-Midsummer-Nights-Dream_300ppi-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1303\" alt=\"A Midsummer Night&#039;s Dream\" srcset=\"https:\/\/folio400.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/A-Midsummer-Nights-Dream_300ppi-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/folio400.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/A-Midsummer-Nights-Dream_300ppi-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/folio400.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/A-Midsummer-Nights-Dream_300ppi-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/folio400.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/A-Midsummer-Nights-Dream_300ppi-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/folio400.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/A-Midsummer-Nights-Dream_300ppi.jpg 1476w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7b1da723 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"7b1da723\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17f7272a\" data-id=\"17f7272a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3f3961d6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3f3961d6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-52dfe46d\" data-id=\"52dfe46d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57f022bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57f022bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u2018Come, sit down upon this flowery bed<br \/><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-178c8bd ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-ae9b095 );\">While I thy amiable cheeks do coy,<br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-178c8bd ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-ae9b095 );\">And stick musk roses in thy sleek, smooth head,<br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-178c8bd ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-ae9b095 );\">And kiss thy fair large ears, my gentle joy.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b8d596a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b8d596a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/em>, IV i<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d6bb233 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"5d6bb233\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2f3f8b4a\" data-id=\"2f3f8b4a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58cde2bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"58cde2bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Brief synopsis of the play<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10212499 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10212499\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Hermia disobeys Theseus\u02bcs command that she should marry Demetrius. She elopes with Lysander to the enchanted forest outside Athens. Hermia\u02bcs friend Helena (herself in love with Demetrius) reveals their plan to him, and they follow. Over a summer night, the worlds of the lovers, fairies (the quarrelling King Oberon and Queen Titania, and the subversive Puck), and a bumbling group of amateur actors collide spectacularly in this magical, funny and inventive comedy.\u2028<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-41fbb22d elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"41fbb22d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 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Scholars suggest its style dates it to 1595\u20131596.&nbsp; The play was first printed as a quarto in 1600, probably typeset from a final-draft manuscript by Shakespeare. A second quarto, typeset from the first, was printed in 1619. 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