A Midsummer Night's Dream

 

 

Midsummer Night's Dream text online

• Annotated hypertext version of A Midsummer Night's Dream
  You can click on the highlighted words in the text to get a definition or explanation.
• Another online version of the play
• Plain text version of the play
  Easy to load, especially for slower computers.

  Understanding the Play

• Spark notes Midsummer Night's Dream
  This page has explanations of the characters and individual scenes.
• Classic notes Midsummer Night's Dream
  More scene by scene explanations of the plot and characters
• Character sketches
  Characters in A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Shakespeare Resource Centre Midsummer Night's Dream
  A scene by scene summary of the plot.
• Enjoying A Midsummer Night's Dream
  Click on the pictures at this site to see larger images.
• Midsummer Night's Dream at Shakey's place
• Tales from Shakespeare MSND
  This is a retelling of the story as a story in regular language.
• Shakespeare illustrated: Midsummer Night's Dream
  This page has links to many paintings inspired by this play.
• Midsummer Night's Dream chat and discussion board
  

  Fun with Shakespeare's language

• Go here to get a Shakespearian insult
  
• Shakespearian insult kit
  
• Shakespeare magnet poetry
  Move the tiles around to try to recreate well-known Shakespeare quotes.
• Well-known sayings from the play

  Movie versions of the play

• Movie web site
  

  Explanation of Pyramus and Thisbe

• Story of Pyramus and Thisbe
  
• Bullfinch's mythology
  Scroll down to find the story of Pyramus and Thisbe
• Pyramus and Thisbe
  from Ovid
  This version of the story also has many similarities to Romeo and Juliet.