A Midsummer-Night's Dream

RARE -- VINTAGE -- Excellent Condition 1890 Edition | Hardcover Title: Shakespeare's Comedy of a Midsummer-Night's Dream (English Classics Series) Edited with Notes by William J. Ralfe, A.M. With Engravings 195 Pages plus Notes Publishers: Harper & Brothers, New York Front page inscription - "Wishing my little Thistledown A Merry Christmas" A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy written by William Shakespeare c. 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict among four Athenian lovers. Another follows a group of six amateur actors rehearsing the play which they are to perform before the wedding. Both groups find themselves in a forest inhabited by fairies who manipulate the humans and are engaged in their own domestic intrigue. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular and is widely performed. Edition: 1890