A Midsummer Night's Dream (stage play)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:comedy
gptkb:theatre
gptkbp:adaptedInto gptkb:ballet
gptkb:film
gptkb:musical
gptkb:opera
gptkbp:author gptkb:William_Shakespeare
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:England
gptkbp:dateWritten circa 1595-1596
gptkbp:features gptkb:King
fairies
play within a play
mechanicals
gptkbp:firstPerformed before 1600
gptkbp:firstPublished 1600
gptkbp:genre gptkb:comedy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label A Midsummer Night's Dream (stage play)
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:Benjamin_Britten's_opera
Felix Mendelssohn's incidental music
1935 film by Max Reinhardt
1999 film by Michael Hoffman
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.
If we shadows have offended, think but this, and all is mended.
gptkbp:numberOfActs 5
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:First_Folio_(1623)
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Athens
enchanted forest
gptkbp:ShakespearePlayNumber 9 (in First Folio order)
gptkbp:subject gptkb:magic
gptkb:transformation
love
gptkbp:theme gptkb:transformation
illusion vs reality
nature of love
order vs chaos
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sir_Matthew_Macfadyen
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6