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A Midsummer Night's Dream Part 3: The Language
A Midsummer Night's Dream Part 3: The Language
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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Jul 29, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In Part 3, Professor Tiffany Stern offers close-readings of some of the play’s most significant speeches. You’ll discover the surprising biblical resonances in a speech by the foolish Bottom and see how the epilogue shifts the play from a story about magic to a magic spell placed on the audience itself.
Speeches and Performers:
Titania, 2.1, “Set your heart at rest: The Fairyland buys not the child …” (Amanda Harris)
Bottom, 4.1, “When my cue comes, call me …” (Dame Harriet Walter)
Oberon, 5.1, “Now, until the break of day …” and Puck, “If we shadows have offended …” (Kelly Hunter, MBE)
Speeches and Performers:
Titania, 2.1, “Set your heart at rest: The Fairyland buys not the child …” (Amanda Harris)
Bottom, 4.1, “When my cue comes, call me …” (Dame Harriet Walter)
Oberon, 5.1, “Now, until the break of day …” and Puck, “If we shadows have offended …” (Kelly Hunter, MBE)
Released:
Jul 29, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (84)
Trailer by Shakespeare For All