Year 9 English: A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Introduction

A comedy in five acts, William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream was written about 1595–96 and first published in 1600. A revised version was published in the First Folio of Shakespeare’s written works in 1623.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is considered one of Shakespeare’s most popular works.

Shakespeare Biography

William Shakespeare, Shakespeare also spelled Shakspere, byname Bard of Avon or Swan of Avon, (baptized April 26, 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England—died April 23, 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon), English poet, dramatist, and actor often called the English national poet and considered by many to be the greatest dramatist of all time.

A look at William Shakespeare's contribution to the English language.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Ted Ed : Insults by Shakespeare

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