• A Midsummer Night's Dream: Fully Dramatized Audio Edition

  • By: William Shakespeare
  • Narrated by: full cast
  • Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (635 ratings)

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A Midsummer Night's Dream: Fully Dramatized Audio Edition

By: William Shakespeare
Narrated by: full cast
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Folger Shakespeare Library, The World’s Leading Center for Shakespeare Studies

The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world's largest Shakespeare collection, brings A Midsummer Night's Dream to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition.

In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare stages the workings of love in unexpected ways. In the woods outside Athens, two young men and two young women sort themselves into couples - but not before they form first one love triangle, and then another. The king and queen of fairyland, Oberon and Titania, battle over custody of an orphan boy. Oberon uses magic to make Titania fall in love with a weaver named Bottom, in an effort to distract Titania from the custody battle. While all of this is going on, Bottom and his companions ineptly stage the tragedy of "Pyramus and Thisbe".

This new full-cast recording - based on the most respected edition of Shakespeare’s classic - expertly produced by the Folger Theatre, is perfect for students, teachers, and the everyday listener.

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Surprisingly Entertaining

I had to read for an assingment and did not expect to like it but actually really enjoyed it. The actors were really good and the reading brought to life and helped me pay attention

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A Mid Summer Nights Dream

Was tremendous. The readers were great and very professional. A great play to listen to and see. Tks

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Perfect for audio

Shakespeare was obviously written for the stage so audio-only is a tall order, especially on text which is already so difficult to parse. This performance does a great job!

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classic

I used this recording for my special needs students who had to read the play for English. It was really excellent; brought the characters to life.

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Amazing

Amazing cast and music. Puck was especially good. Solid pacing and high sound quality.

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What a wonderful cast

Very well performed. Was a delight to listen to. A strange play made easier through top-notch acting.

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Memories from college

As an English major, I was instantly enamoured by Shakespeare. A lovely afternoon spent reading a great classic!

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Portable theatre inside your head!

I loved it! best experience ever! The acting is fenomenal, so is the casting.
i bought it as a way to celebrate my graduation, and it was worth it. I have seen this play in the theatre many times, and listening to it bought it back in flashbacks.
The actors brought their own flare to it, and also I have to give a shout out to the sound effects, because they were amazing. Puck is the best!
I am hoping to get my hands on the other plays soon!
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Amazing performance

Not my favorite Shakespeare play—the sub-plots are kind of distracting, but I enjoy the light-heartedness of it. As usual, Shakespeare deals with interesting themes like love, time, the nature of reality, the esoteric—it’s just not my favorite play! The performance was impeccable though.

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Fantastic Voice Performance!!!

The voice performance of the cast was incredible and followed the play exactly. Fantastic job!

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