A Midsummer Night's Dream

Arguably Shakespeare's best-known comedy, A Midsummers Night's Dream contains a tremendous amount of fantasy, romance, and folly. The story concerns itself largely with four individuals who, while entwined in a love triangle, eventually discover that their own wishes are as nothing, when under the influence of fairies of the forest. Why it's on the list This is definitely the most fantastical of Shakespeare's work. It is filled with fairies, spells, love potions and romantic confusion. When reading the play, you feel like you are in a dream. It is no coincidence that Shakespeare has influenced every literary writer for the last 500 years. He creates a story that entrances and repels, that is deep and considerate while seeming light and airy. William Shakespeare manages to stimulate the imagination of the reader or spectator by fantastic contrasts and the creation of an exotic fairy world. Read if you like Shakespeare. Theatre and plays.