A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Table of Contents

Introduction References & Edit History Related Topics

Images & Videos

opera adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

“Queen Titania and the Donkey,” mural on canvas by Hans Makart; in the Hermesvilla, Vienna, Aus.

Know about the use of innuendo and double entendre in British comedy

Travel with Puck as he gathers the special flower 'love-in-idleness' in a 1909 film adaption of Shakespeare's play “A Midsummer Night's Dream”

Hear a teacher explaining what makes A Midsummer Night's Dream his favorite play to teach

Read Next

William Shakespeare

The Death of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare, 1564-1616. c 1907

What Did Shakespeare Sound Like?

Facsimile of one of William Henry Ireland's forgeries, a primitive self-portrait of William Shakespeare(tinted engraving). Published for Samuel Ireland, Norfolk Street, Strand, December 1, 1795. (W.H. Ireland, forgery)

The Time a Law Clerk Successfully Forged a New Shakespeare Play to Impress His Dad

poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).

World Poetry Day

Scene from the motion picture "Romeo and Juliet" with Olivia Hussey (Juliet) and Leonard Whiting (Romeo), 1968; directed by Franco Zeffirelli.

All the World’s a Stage: 6 Places in Shakespeare, Then and Now

Discover

A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

July, 2006, Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-121. See attached for full caption information.

Will Light-Speed Space Travel Ever Be Possible?

Candles Burning On Table In Church

What Is the Most Widely Practiced Religion in the World?

Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,

Which Religion Is the Oldest?

World Data Locator Map: Australia

Is Australia an Island?

Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)

The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church

Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)

7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Related Content

Written and fact-checked by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Photos and Videos

opera adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

“Queen Titania and the Donkey,” mural on canvas by Hans Makart; in the Hermesvilla, Vienna, Aus.

Know about the use of innuendo and double entendre in British comedy

Travel with Puck as he gathers the special flower 'love-in-idleness' in a 1909 film adaption of Shakespeare's play “A Midsummer Night's Dream”

Hear a teacher explaining what makes A Midsummer Night's Dream his favorite play to teach

See All Videos, Images and Audio →

Topics

Macbeth Hamlet Romeo and Juliet Othello King Lear Much Ado About Nothing Waiting for Godot The Tempest Twelfth Night The Merchant of Venice

Quiz

William Shakespeare, 1564-1616. c 1907

Shakespeare's Monsters, Demons, and Giants Quiz