{"product_id":"a-midsummer-nights-dream-9781909621879","title":"A Midsummer Night's Dream","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDesigned to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. This edition is illustrated throughout by Sir John Gilbert, and includes an introduction by Ned Halley.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGorgeous, strange and magical, \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night's Dream\u003c\/i\u003e is perhaps the best-loved of Shakespeare's plays. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA young woman flees Athens with her lover, only to be pursued by her would-be husband and her best friend. Unwittingly, all four find themselves in an enchanted forest where fairies and sprites soon take an interest in human affairs, dispensing love potions and casting mischievous spells. In this dazzling comedy, confusion ends in harmony, as love is transformed, misplaced, and - ultimately - restored.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, in 1564. The date of his birth is not known but is traditionally 23 April, St George's Day. Aged 18, he married a Stratford farmer's daughter, Anne Hathaway. They had three children. Around 1585 William joined an acting troupe on tour in Stratford from London, and thereafter spent much of his life in the capital. A member of the leading theatre group in London, the Chamberlain's Men, which built the Globe Theatre and frequently performed in front of Queen Elizabeth I, Shakespeare wrote 36 plays and much poetry besides. He died in 1616.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MacMillan Collector's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50516475248914,"sku":"9781909621879","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0c4ada5f-cf21-43cc-81d1-2140a0cd046f.jpg?v=1748697032","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-midsummer-nights-dream-9781909621879","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}