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Social, cultural & historical aspects of "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
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Although there is no definite evidence, historians say that the original production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" will have probably been performed at either The Globe Theatre or alternatively, The Rose Theatre in around 1596, the year of Thomas Barkley and Elizabeth Carey's wedding. Carey was Queen Elizabeth's god-daughter, meaning that the reception and celebrations after the ceremony would probably have been of the highest-class. Because Shakespeare was creating this play especially for Elizabeth's god-daughter, he added a strong reference to her delivered by Oberon in Act 2 Scene 1 as he says, "Fair vestal, throned in the West." At this point William Shakespeare was one of the most famous playwrights around and to have him write a play for a special occasion would have been something that only royalty could do. It would have probably been written between autumn 1594 and spring 1595. We know that it was definitely not written...
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