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Referring to at least two extracts in detail, explain why A Midsummer Night's Dream is still popular, 400 years after it was written. Comment on a production you have seen, or consider how you would like to produce the play.
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Deevya Sethi (10RW) Monday, 14th June 2003 Shakespeare Coursework A Midsummer Night's Dream Referring to at least two extracts in detail, explain why A Midsummer Night's Dream is still popular, 400 years after it was written. Comment on a production you have seen, or consider how you would like to produce the play. A Midsummer Night's Dream, is set in Athens in Greece. It is a journey into a mid-night forest, where fairies put spells on people. The story begins with Hippolyta and Theseus (Duke of Athens), getting married and the events that surround it. There are a group of workers who have decided to put on a play for the wedding. "Here is a scroll of every man's name wish, is thought fit, through all Athens, to play in our interlude before the Duke and the Duchess on his wedding-day at night." In the play, a carpenter, called Peter Quince, gives this speech....
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