A Midsummer Nights Dream
Book Report
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Introduction
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare written
sometime in the 1594-96.The play was first published in 1600 and became very popular.The
play has 132 pages. It portrays the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of
amateur actors, their interactions with the Duke and Duchess of Athens, Theseus and
Hippolyta, and with fairies who inhabit a moonlit forest. The play is one of Shakespeare's
most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world.
The Body
Love and magic rule the world of this fanciful comedy set in ancient Athens and a nearby
woods. The fair maiden Hermia loves Lysander, but her father insists that Demetrius be her
mate