A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare Made In Canada)

Human identities unravel under the light of the Midsummer moon . . . Shakespeare's popular comedy probes both the light and the dark side of desire, as unseen beings manipulate individual perceptions in the forest beyond the civilized world. Andrew Bretz's thought-provoking introduction to the play reminds us of the early modern concept of fairies: far from the ethereal creatures of the Victorian imagination, we see them here as amoral, energetic, and dangerous. While fairies may have come and gone in the course of 150 years of Canadian productions of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," this edition highlights how performances in Canada and elsewhere in the world have embraced the multitude of possibilities inherent within this uncanny "shaping fantasy."

• | Author: William Shakespeare
• | Publisher: Rock'S Mills Press
• | Publication Date: May 19, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 150 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0988129361
• | ISBN-13: 9780988129368