A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare is one of my favorite plays, and I have had a life long connection with this work. I have read it, seen numerous productions, acted in it, directed it, studied it in college and graduate school, written about it, delivered a conference paper on it, and taught the play in college at the Wescoe School of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA. So, you can see that I have had quite a relationship with this wonderful play.
As a simple tribute to Shakespeare and this play, I offer a few quotations from A Midsummer Night’s Dream:
“Captain of our fairy band,
Helena is here at hand,
And the youth, mistook by me,
Pleading for a lover’s fee.
Shall we their fond pageant see?
Lord, what fools these mortals be!”
(Act 3. Scene 2. Lines 110-115)
“I have had a most rare vision. I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was.”
(Act 4. Scene 2. Lines 203-204)
Charles, I love this and just the words are wonderful to hear, how they sound together, to listen to, to read is a joy. It is totally amazing how Shakespeare matched ever sentence with rhyme in Act 3, scene 2 and Act 5, scene 1.
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Yes, his words and rhythm and rhyme are brilliant.
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Excellent Shakespeare quotes. Oh, how I wish I could time travel and meet the bard.
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Yes, I would love to meet him also.
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Reblogged this on K. D. Dowdall and commented:
I always love to read quotes from William Shakespeare and A Midsummer Night’s Dream has some of the most notable, among so many extraordinary quotes in Shakespeare’s body of work, and is beyond description. Thank you Prof. Charles
French.
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Karen, You are very, very welcome!
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Wonderful, Charles.
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thank you!
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You’re welcome!
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It took me awhile to realize Shakespeare was behind my liking of Dead Poet’s Society…The production as rendered of A Midsummer Night’s Dream within the movie just captured so many imaginations!
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Yes, it absolutely did!
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MSND is my favorite Shakespearean play. I especially love Theseus’ observations about the fine line between genius and madness in Act V. So true!
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Yes, it is!
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