Typical tales of fancy, romance, and history from Shakespeare's plays; in narrative form, largely in Shakespeare's words, with dialogue passages in the original dramatic text . A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM. MONG the earliest of those dramas which were writ-ten by Shakespeare for his theatre-was one which hecalled A Midsummer Nights Dream. This title immediately leads us to inquire, Whois the dreamer, — the poet, the characters of thedrama, or the spectators ? It is not very easy toreply. First, the whole composition seems to have passed through themind of the poet like a lovely, fan
Typical tales of fancy, romance, and history from Shakespeare's plays; in narrative form, largely in Shakespeare's words, with dialogue passages in the original dramatic text . A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM. MONG the earliest of those dramas which were writ-ten by Shakespeare for his theatre-was one which hecalled A Midsummer Nights Dream. This title immediately leads us to inquire, Whois the dreamer, — the poet, the characters of thedrama, or the spectators ? It is not very easy toreply. First, the whole composition seems to have passed through themind of the poet like a lovely, fantastic dream, — a procession of shadowsthrown by a magic lantern on a screen. Then, much that passesin the play seems only fit to be regarded as a dream by the charac-ters themselves, who are made the sport of fairies. And, finally, itcomes before the audience under the notion of a dream. It is acurious composition, full of exquisite poetry and the jolliest fun. In itare mingled a strange variety of personages, — dukes, queens, lords,ladies, young lovers, clownish mechanics, and the dearest little elves,from their royal rulers, who king and queen it with a pretty dignity, tothe tricksy sprites that plagu
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