A Midsummer Night's Dream
Andrew Matthews, Tony Ross
The course of true love never did run smooth… A magical retelling of Hermia, Helen, Demetrius and Lysander’s classic story – and of the impish fairy Puck, who meddles in their tangled web of love with hilarious consequences… With notes on Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre, and Love and Magic in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The tales have been retold using accessible language and with the help of Tony Ross’s engaging black-and-white illustrations, each play is vividly brought to life allowing these culturally enriching stories to be shared with as wide an audience as possible.
Have you read all of The Shakespeare Stories books? Available in this series: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Antony and Cleopatra, Much Ado About Nothing, The Merchant of Venice, Henry V, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, Othello, The Taming of the Shrew, Richard III, and King Lear.
Reviews
The comedy parts are really funny and the ending is funny and tragedy at the same time
Chief Jiminy Frankfurter 13.12.2024
I liked reading Shakespeare and found it really interesting. I liked the setting in Ancient Greece and I liked how they ran away from each other. It’s a love story but the characters are also funny.
Coach Cilla Windchime 16.08.2024
Star Reviewer
Brilliant
Lord Stinky Eragon 14.08.2024
I liked Helena
Officer Jet Gooseberry 14.08.2024
This book is about a group of four lovers who get mixed up in an unlikely occurrence in the woods of Athens, where there are many magical creatures such as Bottom the farmer, the Fairy God, the Fairy Goddess, a Donkey and Puck the Elf, who is very mischievous. My favourite character in this book is Puck the Elf as she causes lots of hassle by pouring the juice of the flower into the wrong couples eyes, causing confusion and havoc. I would recommend this book to people who like mysterious books as when all the lovers get mixed up, nobody would think that anyone would get back to normal, and you don’t know what is around the corner. Three words to describe the book are magical, dramatic and a lot of havoc.
Duchess Bubbles Satellite 06.08.2024
I like Puck the best because he would always listen to what Oberon had to say.It would interest me because of love back and forth.I would recommend this to anyone who is experiencing love.
Sergeant Chester Nuggets 16.07.2024
I thought this was good book.What I liked about it was when they were sleeping and something got put in there ear because it is showing action when they wake up which is what I like.My favourite bit was the weaver bottom because he was cute and looked cuddly. My favourite characters were bottom,chuck the elf and Titania.Overall I give it a four out of five.
Anonymous 10.12.2023
I liked this story because a fairy used bad magic to make his wife (the queen of the fairy's)fall in love with the first person she saw when she woke up. Unluckily, the first person was someone who had a donkey head and his name was Bottom. My favourite character was Bottom. This was also a Shakespeare play, therefore it is a fiction story. I would recommend this book to 1 or 2 of my friends.
Madam Bubbles Hammersmith 11.09.2023
Really enjoyed the book and I really recommend to any book worm. A very catching fictional story.
Ambassador Quicksand Sparrow 01.09.2023
I dislike this book because it is boring. It is a fiction. my favourite character in this book is hermia. I would recommend this to a person who loves shakespeare.
Fairy Ursula Sheep-Dip 29.08.2023
A little complicated story I needed to Google some bits down too a little bit get the story anyways it was a good book!
Director Bernice Jamboree 14.08.2023
It is a good book
Senorita Venus Vesuvius 09.08.2023
I would recommend this book! It was a great interpretation of a Shakespearean play. It was easy to read and understand the story.
Princess Ariel Hedgehog 09.08.2023
Very funny.
Doctor Boadicea Wheeliebin 06.08.2023
I liked it because it was funny in some parts. I enjoyed reading it because we have also studied it as school. I would recommend the book to children who are in Year 5 or 6.
Esquire Pongo Quest 02.08.2023
My favourite character was... Hermia because she is: kind, independent and loving.
Marshal Petronella Fink 30.07.2023
Emensly funny, who knew that love could be so difficult.
Queen Sapphire Piccalilli 27.07.2023
Star Reviewer
I love this book because the characters in the book had an adventure in the woods.
Mademoiselle Beany Pumpernickel 24.07.2023
Nice and funny
Empress Petunia Bluebird 10.02.2023
I thought this book was funny. My favourite character was Titania. I would recommend this book to my friends.
Fairy Cilla Pinkerton 24.08.2022
