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A Midsummer Night's Dream (stage)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream_(stage)
GPTKB entity
Statements (47)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:play
gptkbp:author
gptkb:William_Shakespeare
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin
gptkb:England
gptkbp:dateWritten
circa 1595-1596
gptkbp:firstPerformed
circa 1595-1596
gptkbp:firstPublished
gptkb:1600_quarto
gptkbp:genre
gptkb:comedy
gptkbp:hasPerformanceTradition
frequently performed worldwide
adapted for ballet and opera
adapted for children
popular in outdoor theatre
gptkbp:hasTheme
gptkb:transformation
illusion vs reality
nature of love
power and authority
order vs chaos
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
A Midsummer Night's Dream (stage)
gptkbp:influenced
gptkb:Benjamin_Britten's_opera
Felix Mendelssohn's incidental music
gptkbp:language
English
gptkbp:mainCharacter
gptkb:Oberon
gptkb:Titania
gptkb:Lysander
gptkb:Helena
gptkb:Puck
gptkb:Demetrius
gptkb:Hermia
gptkb:Nick_Bottom
gptkbp:notableAdaptation
gptkb:A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream_(film,_1935)
gptkb:A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream_(film,_1999)
gptkb:A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream_(ballet)
gptkb:A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream_(opera)
gptkbp:notableQuote
Lord, what fools these mortals be!
The course of true love never did run smooth.
Though she be but little, she is fierce!
gptkbp:originalLanguage
English
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:Shakespearean_canon
gptkbp:publisher
gptkb:First_Folio_(1623)
gptkbp:setting
gptkb:Athens
enchanted forest
gptkbp:structure
five acts
gptkbp:subject
gptkb:magic
gptkb:transformation
love
dreams
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:G._Valmont_Thomas
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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