Introduction -- Date and occasion -- Sources -- The play on the stage -- The play in the mind -- Recent stage and critical interpretations -- Note on the text -- List of characters -- The play -- Textual analysis -- Appendix: A further note on sources -- Reading list
Summary
'A Midsummer Night's Dream' is perhaps Shakespeare's most popular comedy, & also a profound, archetypal play. In this new edition, the editor takes account of the number of important professional theatre productions & the large output of scholarly criticism on the plays which have appeared in recent years
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-156)
