what do you know about william shekspears play a mid summer nigt dream?

Question

where it is set at. date when writen who the characters are.and what kinda clothing they used?

Answer 1

rent the movie, its a great telling of the play.

Answer 2

The play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, is set in mythical Athens, where Theseus (a legendary Greek King is "duke" on the holiday of Midsummer - usually, and wrongly, calculated to be on June 24 in Shakespeare's time. Scholars do not know when the play was written exactly, but based on the publication date (1600 in the first quarto) and the language and theme, a date of 1595-6 seems to be the best guess. This date is also based on the theory (there are some Shakespeare scholars who disagree with what follows) that the play was actually written and first performed at a private (noble) house for a wedding. It was common in Shakespeare's time (and for some time afterward) for wealthy people to "host" private entertainments or 'masques.' These would be performances, overseen by professionals, but including guests and family members of the host, in fantastic stories with music and dance. A few years after Shakespeare's death, the architect/artist Inigo Jones created famous masques for James I. So the idea that A Midsummer Night's Dream was created to celebrate a wedding in a noble household is not so strange. There are two such occasions that scholars think would have been appropriate for this first performance, and match the date of composition. One is the wedding in 1595 of Elizabeth Vere, Lord Burghley’s granddaughter, to William Earl of Derby at Greenwich Palace. The other, considered more likely, is the wedding in 1596 of Elizabeth Carey to Thomas, son of Lord Berkeley at the Blackfriars house of the bride’s father, Sir George Carey. Elizabeth Carey was the granddaughter of Henry, Lord Hunsdon, Lord Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth. Lord Hunsdon was the patron of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Shakespeare’s company. The reason why such a play would have been a "good" wedding performance piece ties in with its main theme of love and marriage, but also the whole theme of the "fairy" world, so unlike most of Shakespeare's other plays (until we get to The Tempest) made for lots of "walk-on" parts for the children of the household (Queen Tatiana's fairy attendants would have provided 20 such parts.) This relates to the costuming of the play. in Shakespeare's day, actors wore the appropriate dress of their character for Shakespeare time. So a King would dress as a noble Elizabethan would, a nurse, like nurse in London. Such fantasies as Midsummer would have been an excuse for elaborate costumes made from rich materials (silks, brocades, etc.) that showed the wealth of the household.

To follow up more on Shakespeare and the play try this site:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream

For a list of characters, quotes and a text use this site:
http://www.william-shakespeare.info/shakespeare-play-a-midsummer-nights-dream.htm

I hope this helps, good luck with your performance.

Answer 3

It's a fantastic play if u didn't read the book or see the play you r missing out big time. Rent the movie and read the Book it'll be worth it!!

Debbie 16

Answer 4

It's gay. It's about Puck, King of the Fairies.

Answer 5

I know that his name is SHAKESPEARE.