
In the bustling city of Athens, a royal wedding looms, yet love’s complications threaten to upend the festivities. The duke must decide whether to enforce an ancient law that compels a young woman to obey her father’s choice of husband, while she passionately refuses to surrender her heart to the suitor she does not love. Alongside her steadfast friend, who pines for a different man, the lovers flee into a moonlit wood, seeking freedom and perhaps a little mischief.
There, the realm of sprites awakens under the rule of a quarrelsome fairy king and queen, whose own romantic tangle spills into the mortal world. Mischievous sprites, a bumbling troupe of amateur actors, and a wayward weaver become entangled in a night of enchantments, mistaken identities, and playful chaos. The result is a lively, witty exploration of love, authority, and the thin line between reality and illusion.
Language
en
Duration
~1 hours (94K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
the PG Shakespeare Team, a team of about twenty Project Gutenberg volunteers
Release date
1998-11-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1564–1616
Often called the greatest writer in the English language, this English playwright and poet created dramas and verses that still feel alive on the page and stage. His stories of ambition, love, jealousy, power, and loss continue to speak to readers centuries later.
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