A Midsummer Night's Dream (Lighthouse Plays)

by William Shakespeare, Andrew Biliter

Overview

Helena loves Demetrius; but Demetrius loves Hermia; and Hermia only has eyes for Lysander. It's a messy enough love triangle, but it gets a whole lot thornier when these mortal lovers spend a night lost in the forest under the magical influence of the fairy court. Confusion, betrayal, and a hilarity ensue-and that's not even counting the bumbling troupe of amateur actors.

Enjoy the story of A Midsummer Nights Dream as never before in this skillful 70-minute adaptation. Playwright Andrew Biliter brings the language of Shakespeare into the present day while preserving the character, humor, and meter of the original text.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780997408416
Publisher:	Lighthouse Plays, LLC
Publication date:	06/07/2016
Pages:	66
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.14(d)

About the Author

No writer will ever equal William Shakespeare's influence on the English language. Born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, "The Bard" was an actor and playwright who had staged his own shows in London by 1592. Though little is known about his early life, he forsooth proved himself a virtuoso for the ages. Expanding the boundaries of the English language, Shakespeare penned dozens of plays -- from enduring tragedies like Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and Othello, to bawdy comedies like A Midsummer Night's Dream -- plus more than 150 sonnets during his towering career. He shuffled off this mortal coil in 1616, but more than half a millennium later, his works are still read and produced around the world, including at a modern thatched-roof reconstruction of his troupe's Globe Theatre in London.