A Midsummer Night's Dream
Classic Fiction · No. 2 — One enchanted night in a wood where love loses its way.
- Classic Fiction
- 32 min
- Ages 15–99
- 7 chapters
About this audiobook
Hermia loves Lysander but is ordered to marry Demetrius, so the two flee into the wood — followed by Demetrius, and by Helena, who loves him hopelessly. In that same wood the fairy king Oberon quarrels with his queen Titania, and sends the trickster Puck out with a flower whose juice makes the sleeper love the first creature they see. Puck charms the wrong eyes; both young men wake up in love with the astonished Helena; Titania falls for a weaver wearing a donkey's head; and by morning the magic must untangle everything it tangled — leaving everyone wondering whether it was all a dream.
Why it's worth a listen
Four young lovers, a fairy king's quarrel, and a mischief-maker with a magic flower turn one summer night in the woods into glorious, tangled chaos. It is Shakespeare at his most playful — moon-silvered and laugh-out-loud funny, with a weaver who wakes up wearing a donkey's head and takes it entirely in stride. And when morning sorts everyone out, it leaves you wondering: if your own eyes can be fooled, how do you ever know what's real?
A question to keep
If your own eyes can be fooled, how do you know what is real?
Chapters
- The Law of Athens
- The King and Queen of Shadows
- The Untangling of Eyes
- The Weaver with the Donkey’s Head
- The Tangle at its Worst
- The Morning Horns
- A Question to Keep