A Midsummer Night's Dream by William ShakespeareMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Myth meets mirth in this Shakespearian comedy about a group of lovers who fall under the spell of a mischievous imp on a summer’s evening in a Greek court. We also have an enthusiastic group of players who are thrust into the love triangle of King Oberon, a European Fairy King, and his Queen Titania. The wit comes from the rhyming couplets of Shakespeare’s lines; which are written to amplify the illusion of a dream. In the midst of all this is Puck, who switches the love triangle for his own amusement and causes the chaos of the play. Meanwhile the players bring the audience back to reality with their performance to ensure that their play within a play is as realistic as possible. This comedy is just what Elizabethan audiences needed to deter them from their realistic thoughts, as England was recovering from the plague when the play was published.
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