About the Book

A Midsummer Night's Dream, as part of the Macmillan Modern Shakespeare Series, is a large format illustrated text which is an ideal and easy introduction to Shakespeare's plays.

Theme

The dominant theme in A Midsummer Night's Dream is love, a subject to which Shakespeare returns constantly in his comedies. Shakespeare explores how people tend to fall in love with those who appear beautiful to them.

Shakespeare's Tragedies

Until about 1608, he mainly wrote tragedies including Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth. Antony and Cleopatra and Coriolanus—his last major tragedies—contain some of his finest poetry.

Legacy

A true genius, Shakespeare's popular characters and plots are studied, performed, reinterpreted and discussed till today.