A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare · 1600
Classics · ranked #22 in category
In an enchanted forest outside Athens, four young lovers pursue and confuse each other under the influence of fairy magic while a troupe of artisans rehearse an absurd play. Shakespeare's most purely comic work is also a meditation on the unreliability of desire, the nature of dreams, and the relationship between art and illusion.
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