FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY

The World’s Leading Center for Shakespeare Studies

The Folger Shakespeare Library, house to the world’s largest Shakespeare collection, provides A Midsummer Night’s Wish to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Model.

IN THE Midsummer Night’s Fantasy, Shakespeare stages the workings of love in unexpected ways. In the woods outside Athens, two teenagers and two young women sort themselves into couples-but not before they type first one like triangle, and another. The king and queen of fairyland, Oberon and Titania, battle over custody of an orphan youngster. Oberon uses magic to create Titania fall in love with a weaver named Bottom, in order to distract Titania in the custody battle. While all of this is certainly going on, Bottom and his companions ineptly stage the tragedy of “Pyramus and Thisbe.”

This new full-cast recording-based in the esteemed edition of Shakespeare’s classic-expertly made by the Folger Theatre, is ideal for students, teachers, and the everyday listener.