{"id":4335,"date":"2016-01-28T09:04:27","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T16:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/?p=4335"},"modified":"2016-01-28T09:06:28","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T16:06:28","slug":"a-midsummer-nights-dream-by-william-shakespeare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/a-midsummer-nights-dream-by-william-shakespeare\/","title":{"rendered":"A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream by William Shakespeare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream<\/em> is probably\u00a0Shakespeare&#8217;s most popular comedy. \u00a0It&#8217;s believed that he\u00a0wrote the play\u00a0between 1590 and 1597.<\/p>\n<p>The play focuses on the marriage of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, and Hippolyta, the Amazon Queen.\u00a0Throw in a bunch of Athenians, some fairies and an acting troupe and you&#8217;ve got <em>A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind;<br \/>\nAnd therefore is wing&#8217;d Cupid painted blind.<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0<i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=A%20Midsummer%20Night%27s%20Dream\">A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_author_resp.php?AName=William%20Shakespeare\">William Shakespeare<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4337\" style=\"width: 657px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4337\" class=\" wp-image-4337\" src=\"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Oberon_Titania_and_Puck_with_Fairies_Dancing._William_Blake._c.1786-1024x714.jpg\" alt=\"A Midsummer Night's Dream Quotes\" width=\"647\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Oberon_Titania_and_Puck_with_Fairies_Dancing._William_Blake._c.1786-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Oberon_Titania_and_Puck_with_Fairies_Dancing._William_Blake._c.1786-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Oberon_Titania_and_Puck_with_Fairies_Dancing._William_Blake._c.1786.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oberon, Titania and Puck with Fairies Dancing by\u00a0William Blake<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 20px;\">More About <em>A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream<\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=A%20Midsummer%20Night%27s%20Dream\">Quotes from <em>A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Get the book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0743477545\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0743477545&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=litquotes-20&amp;linkId=VOD6GRQDZJSGUKWV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream<\/em> (Folger Shakespeare Library)<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=litquotes-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0743477545\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/li>\n<li>1999 movie with Kevin Kline and Michelle Pfeiffer &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/6305622876\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=6305622876&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=litquotes-20&amp;linkId=RRXWY6NGXMOGZCK6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream<\/em><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=litquotes-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=6305622876\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream is probably Shakespeare&#8217;s most popular comedy.  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