{"id":281,"date":"2024-08-27T13:18:16","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T18:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shakespeare.carnegiestout.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=281"},"modified":"2024-08-27T13:18:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T18:18:16","slug":"discussion-a-midsummer-nights-dream","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/shakespeare.carnegiestout.org\/index.php\/event\/discussion-a-midsummer-nights-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussion: A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis: A royal wedding from Greek mythology. Two pairs of lovers with all sorts of love triangles. A troupe of amateur actors. A quarrel between the faerie queen and the faerie king. And the delightful faerie mischief-maker Puck with assorted woodland creatures from the English countryside. Shakespeare\u2019s second shortest play sets up all these plot strands and lets them collide into each other while creating a panoply of memorable characters.<\/p>\n<p>Discussion Topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Where <em>Romeo and Juliet<\/em> celebrates love, <em>Midsummer<\/em> looks at its mutability. All plot strands examine love from different angles and even sends up R&amp;J in the Pyramus and Thisbe play-within-the-play. How does Shakespeare use multiple plot lines to explore the nature of love?<\/li>\n<li>Ovid\u2019s <em>Metamorphoses<\/em> provides the plot for one of the strands and also acts as a thematic element with several characters undergoing transformation. What components of a personality stay intact and what aspects undergo change? How does this set up a slippery environment where everything is in flux, including reality itself?<\/li>\n<li>Power inequities dominate the play: between parents and children, between genders, between classes, etc. How does Shakespeare manipulate action to let the audience constantly shift their sympathies and actively engage with the power dynamics?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Folger Text Link:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.folger.edu\/explore\/shakespeares-works\/a-midsummer-nights-dream\/\">https:\/\/www.folger.edu\/explore\/shakespeares-works\/a-midsummer-nights-dream\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kanopy Film link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kanopy.com\/en\/dubuque\/video\/704863\">https:\/\/www.kanopy.com\/en\/dubuque\/video\/704863<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Other resources to consider:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kanopy.com\/en\/dubuque\/video\/172554\">https:\/\/www.kanopy.com\/en\/dubuque\/video\/172554<\/a> Ballet version, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream 1999 movie with Rupert Everett, Michele Pfeiffer, Stanley Tucci.<\/p>\n<p>A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream 2015 movie by Julie Taymor<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin Britten\u2019s opera version available behind some paywalls.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dec 8, 2024 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Carnegie-Stout Public Library\u00a0360 W 11th Street, Dubuque, IA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis: A royal wedding from Greek mythology. 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