{"product_id":"used-a-midsummer-night-s-dream-1","title":"Used - A Midsummer Night’s Dream","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare stages the workings of love. Theseus and Hippolyta, about to marry, are figures from mythology. In the woods outside Theseus’s Athens, two young men and two young women sort themselves out into couples—but not before they form first one love triangle, and then another.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlso in the woods, the king and queen of fairyland, Oberon and Titania, battle over custody of an orphan boy; Oberon uses magic to make Titania fall in love with a weaver named Bottom, whose head is temporarily transformed into that of a donkey by a hobgoblin or “puck,” Robin Goodfellow. Finally, Bottom and his companions ineptly stage the tragedy of “Pyramus and Thisbe.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis edition includes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFreshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFull explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eScene-by-scene plot summaries\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA key to the play’s famous lines and phrases\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn annotated guide to further reading\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Publish Date - 01\/01\/1595 - Used Paperback","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54465981415734,"sku":null,"price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/8714\/8342\/files\/IMG-6079.heic?v=1787694280","url":"https:\/\/thenandnowbookshop.com\/products\/used-a-midsummer-night-s-dream-1","provider":"Then \u0026 Now Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}