A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1763

I absolutely love this play! It is definitely my favourite of all Shakespeare's plays. In particular I am not the biggest fan of this edition, however it has such a special place in my heart since it was the version we did in my theatre group. 

It is such a fast paced play, and I love that humour even in the last 400 years has hardly changed at all. My only gripe with the writing is that it is so much better when performed, the acting of the characters adds so much life and drama to their words.

The characters are so compelling, especially Puck and Helena (to me, at least). 

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, 
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.

I so completely adore this quote from her, I love how it shows that she is so steadfast in her belief that true love is beyond what the eyes are capable of seeing, and is beyond the judgement of other people. 

The ending soliloquy from Puck is also just a fantastic fourth wall break, and I love how he addresses the audience to remind them that even if they were offended or upset about something said or done, that the play was just a dream and they should not consider it real at all. It is such a fantastic way of bringing the audience into the blurred lines of reality and dreams that permeated throughout the play, and overall one of my favourite endings to any story.

Read when I was a kid; not amongst my absolute favourite Shakespeare plays (that title belongs to Hamlet or King Lear), but entertaining.

thoroughly enjoyed the dramatized audio edition as well ~ ah, bottom aaah, puck

My favourite play by Willy Shakes, I mean its based on mythology and yo girl adores MYTHOLOGY.

Whimsical and strange, and possibly my favorite Shakespeare play to date.

The course of true love never did run smooth. This used to be one of my favorite of Shakespeare's plays and I'm so glad it its as fun as I remember it. The play at the end just killed me.

thank you shakespeare

It was surprisingly very funny. Shakespeare was one funny dude.

Short, sweet, and also incredibly hilarious. I don't generally like Shakespeare AT ALL, but this play, I must say, was good even at a second read. Since my first read was almost five years ago, this made things a bit more clear for me. I really did like the use of irony and the humour kept me at ease. I honestly really did like this one and I love that it is a fast read. It could have been better for me if I just could understand Shakespeare and didn't have to follow ALL those sidenotes.

Re:read - Fav Shakespeare play

surprisingly i liked it

Funny and easy to read

2.5

So far it's my favourite Shakespeare play, can't wait to read the others! It's honestly a fun read compared to darker and more in depth plays like Macbeth. It's also very easy to understand. The romance is a bit skimmed through but keep in mind it's a comedy.

3.75/5

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Read this w kendall & brody.. they ruined it. Still fun tho

3.5/5

Don't mind me, I'm just over here spending the last days of summer break reading Shakespeare and enjoying the pure chaos of this play. in other words: yes, of course I enjoyed it. mischievous fairies, ethereal forests, savage Shakespearean insults, lyrical poetry, and self-aware comedy? what's not to love?? 3.5 stars

This was my first taste of Shakespeare as I read it in my last year of primary school. It was the perfect play for my age as it was full of wonderful characters, magical scenes and complex and intriguing storylines. A beautiful play that I really enjoyed.

Shakespeare's biggest L

I live for the drama tbh but the drama also only lasted like ten minutes and it was over so I think I'll just stick to Love Island

Jolly good! Laughed my ass off :) While reading, I watched the IPFW Department of Theatre's performance The introduction and additional notes in this edition were super interesting and helpful as well.