
Note du transcripteur.
In this beloved comedy, a group of young Athenians slips away from the strict rules of their city into a moon‑lit woodland where the ordinary world blurs with the supernatural. Two pairs of lovers—one hopeful, one doubtful—find their feelings tangled by a mischievous fairy who delights in turning desire upside down. As the forest’s shadows shift, the audience is invited to follow their bewildering journeys, feeling both the thrill of enchantment and the tender yearning that underlies each whispered confession.
Meanwhile, a handful of earnest craftsmen gather to rehearse a rustic play for the Duke’s wedding, unaware that a Proud fairy king and his regal queen have taken an interest in their performance. Their leader, a sprightly sprite, loves to meddle, swapping identities and prompting hilariously misplaced speeches. The result is a lively collision of mortal ambition and fairy whimsy, where laughter rises amid the rustle of leaves and the promise that love, however tangled, may yet find its own rhythm.
Language
fr
Duration
~2 hours (128K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Paul Murray, Renald Levesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr)
Release date
2006-03-05
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1564–1616
A playwright, poet, and actor from Stratford-upon-Avon, he created characters and lines that have stayed alive for more than four centuries. His stories of love, ambition, jealousy, power, and forgiveness still feel startlingly human.
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