A Midsummer Night's Dream: Fully Dramatized Audio Edition

The king and queen of fairyland, Oberon and Titania, battle over custody of an orphan boy. While all of this is going on, Bottom and his companions ineptly stage the tragedy of "Pyramus and Thisbe". In the woods outside Athens, two young men and two young women sort themselves into couples - but not before they form first one love triangle, and then another. Folger Shakespeare Library, The World's Leading Center for Shakespeare StudiesThe Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world's largest Shakespeare collection, brings A Midsummer Night's Dream to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition. This new full-cast recording - based on the most respected edition of Shakespeare's classic - expertly produced by the Folger Theatre, is perfect for students, teachers, and the everyday listener.. In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare stages the workings of love in unexpected ways. Oberon uses magic to make Titania fall in love with a weaver named Bottom, in an effort to distract Titania from the custody battle

Twelfth Night Bought this along with the Audible reading. I got it to go along with an Audible "Great Course" on Shakespeare. I enjoyed the reading, but the reading and the book itself kept coming unsynced. It was very distracting and therefore I can only give this 3 stars. I wanted to read along and also hear it read by experienced Shakespearean actors. As said, the reading was very distracting by the recording coming unsynced from the book several times. If Amazon is going to charge extra for the Audible reading, the least that can be done is . T. A. Kleinhans said Forgettable, but Great While it Lasts. This is definitely a classic Shakespearean comedy, complete with disguises, intrigue, love, humor, and a lot of fun. In all honesty, I am not generally a big fan of comedies, but this is definitely an example of an exception. Really, it will never be considered Shakespeare's greatest, but the plot, characters, disguise and romantic elements, and even just the thought of how it would even work on stage when it was originally performed, all contribute to a great mix of humor. As to the edition itself, I found it to be greatly helpful. It was nice to read for my college English class Amanda Jamison It was nice to read for my college English class. If you read it for college, you'll get a lot of people comparing it to "She's the Man" which does get really annoying. As usual, Shakespeare doesn't disappoint. It was a little bit difficult to read, but the footnotes really helped. I never have to use sparknotes for the Folgers Shakespeare Library editions since it's very straightforwards and there's a lot of information on the side.