MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, A(ISBN=9780812969122)

Praise for William Shakespeare: Complete Works:
“A feast of literary and historical information.”
-The Wall Street Journal

A continuation of the major series of individual Shakespeare plays from the world renowned Royal Shakespeare Company, edited by two brilliant, younger generation Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen
Incorporating definitive text and cutting-edge notes from William Shakespeare: Complete Works-the first authoritative, modernized edition of Shakespeare's First Folio in more than 300 years-this remarkable series of individual plays combines Jonathan Bate's insightful critical analysis with Eric Rasmussen's textual expertise.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616) is today's most widely known and loved playwright.
THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY (RSC) is a world-renowned ensemble theater company in Stratford and London dedicated to bringing the works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries to a modern audience.
JONATHAN BATE is a professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature at the University of Warwick. A prominent critic, award-winning biographer and broadcaster, Bate's books on Shakespeare include Soul of the Age.
ERIC RASMUSSEN, professor of English at the University of Nevada, is one of today's leading textual experts on Shakespeare.

Introduction
　Magical Thinking
　Metamorphosis
　The Festive World
　“The Poet’S Eye．．．The Poet’S Pen”
About the T．cxt
Key Facts
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Textual Notes
Scene．．by．．Scene Analysis
A Midsummer Night's Dream ifi Performance：
The RSC and Beyond
　Four Centuries of the Dream：An overview
　AttheRSC
　The Director’S Cut：Interviews with Michael Boyd．
　Gregory Doran，and Tim Supple
Shakespeare’S Career in the Theater
　Beginnings
　Playhouses
　The Ensemble at Work
　7he King’S Man
Shakespeare’S Works：A Chronology
Further Reading and Viewing
References
Acknowledgments and Picture Credits

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