audiobook: A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

Magic, fairies, young lovers chasing each other througha forest, a man with a donkeys head, and impish Puck wreaking havocright and left. Whats going on here? Its A Midsummer Nights Dream,Shakespeare at his most fanciful. The play opens with Theseus, Duke ofAthens, preparing for his wedding. Egeus complains to Theseus that hisdaughter Hermia refuses to marry Demetrius. When Hermia is given thechoice between marriage to Demetrius or life as a nun, she and her truelove Lysander flee into the forest. Demetrius follows them; and Helena,who loves Demetrius, follows him. Also in the forest areOberon and Titania, king and queen of the fairies, at odds with oneanother. At Oberons behest, Puck causes Demetrius to fall in love withHelena oops, he missed, that was Lysander instead. Mayhem ensues. Inthe meantime, a group of bumbling craftsmen rehearses a play. Puckgives one of them, Bottom, the head of an ass and makes Titania fall inlove with him. Further hilarity results as Bottom sees nothing at allodd about this. Eventually everything is straightened out, Bottom andthe rest perform their play, there is a triple wedding, and Puckassures us the whole thing has been a dream. Number of quotes you know:5 (what fools these mortals be). Useful insults: 19. (Summary by LaurieAnne Walden)Cast:Theseus, Duke of Athens Mark F. SmithEgeus, father to Hermia; and Snout, a tinker John LiederLysander, in love with Hermia mbDemetrius, in love with Hermia David OConnellPhilostrate, master of the revels PhilippaQuince, a carpenter Brian EdwardsSnug, a joiner Elizabeth KlettBottom, a weaver Simon TaylorFlute, a bellows-mender David NicolStarveling, a tailor Jessica MillerHippolyta, queen of the Amazons Cori SamuelHermia, daughter to Egeus, in love with Lysander Laurie Anne WaldenHelena, in love with Demetrius Rosalind WillsOberon, king of the fairies Fr. Richard Zeile of DetroitTitania, queen of the fairies Deborah IrvingPuck, or Robin Goodfellow Karen SavagePeaseblossom Larysa JaworskiCobweb Charlene V. SmithMoth Alana JordanMustardseed Jamie Ash YoungStage directions Paul WilliamsFairy song composed by Rosalind Wills; performed by Rosalind Wills and Larysa JaworskiAudio edited by Cori Samuel and Laurie Anne WaldenThe ZyngRule audiobook reader has the following features:

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