A Midsummer Night's Dream

'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. 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. Edited By R.a. Foakes. First Published 1984. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 154-156).