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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Written by William Shakespeare

Narrated by Multiple Narrators

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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5 (6 ratings)

Length: 2 hours

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There are broken hearts and kisses and then weddings, so this is a story about love. There are actors who are funny because they cannot act, so it is also a story that makes people laugh. And there are fairies, spirits of the night, so it is a story about mischief and magic too. What happens when love and laughter come together with magic in an Athenian forest? A Midsummer Night's Dream was written in about 1596 and is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays. It has been retold for Bookworms, not as a play, but as a story.

Publisher:: Oxford University Press Audio
Released:: Jan 16, 2014
ISBN:: 9780194215640
Format:: Audiobook

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest dramatist in the English language. Shakespeare is often called England’s national poet and the “Bard of Avon.”

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great story but the chapters are in the wrong order

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