A Midsummer Night's Dream (1594)

List of Characters

Help for High school Teachers

If you teach MND in high school, here is a handy abbreviated version to use for reading aloud or acting scenes. This site will give you lots of help for teaching the play.

Characterization:

• Use of mythology in the play

Reviews of the 1999 movie:

• New York Times (Janet Maslin)
• Roger Ebert

The 1999 Movie:

• About the production

Study Questions

1. Explain how the three plots interconnect--the lovers and the court marriage, the "rude mechanicals" of Bottom and his friends, and the fairy world of Oberon, Titania, and Puck.

2. Explain the relationship of Midsummer Night's Dream to Romeo and Juliet. Look up the myth of Pyramus and Thisby as told by Ovid in his Metamorphoses.