We would like to present to you an audio version of the most popular comedy in Shakespeare's bibliography, 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. This play has reality and fantasy deeply interwoven, what makes plot twists really unpredictable, even 500 years after the first publication. The comedy has five storylines, which is quite unusual for the literature of that time. In the center of the action is the coming wedding of Athens Duke Theseus to Hippolyta, warrior queen of Amazons. While everyone is getting ready for the celebration, Puck, a joyful and tricks loving spirit, creates a love potion. He drops it to the eyes of the sleeping characters. The potion makes them fall in love with the first person they see after waking up. This mischief leads to love triangles, love squares and so on. Only magic can resolve this mess, restore balance and return true-loving couples back together. Passion, fairies, and spirits, magic and transformations, - all this makes the play an ever-changing arabesque which is so fun to read. We welcome you to listen online to 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' to enjoy a genuinely hilarious classic literature.
