A Midsummer Night's Dream - Arden Performance Edition

It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, to Hippolyta, the former queen of the Amazons

These events include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers

And a group of six amateur actors (the Mechanicals) who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set

ARDEN PERFORMANCE EDITIONS

This edition of Romeo and Juliet is one of the Arden Performance Editions series from world-renowned Arden Shakespeare and aimed specifically for use in the rehearsal room

Published in association with the Shakespeare Institute, the text features easily accessible facing page notes and include:

★ Short definitions of words

★ Key textual variants

★Guidance on metre and pronunciation

★ A larger font size for easier reading

★ And space for writing notes and reduced punctuation aimed at the actor rather than the reader

With editorial expertise from the worlds of theatre and academia, the series has been developed in association with actors and drama students

And the Series Editors are distinguished scholars Professor Michael Dobson and Dr Abigail Rokison-Woodall and leading Shakespearean actor, Simon Russell Beale

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