2022

Wrapup on “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

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Titania and the Fairies, Globe Theater 2021

Since we’re approaching the end of June, I thought I’d give a quick recap of all my best “Midsummer Night’s Dream” content, in case you’d like to take a look. After this post, I’ll be doing a series of posts comparing Shakespeare with Star Trek!

  1. Play of the Month: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  2. Activities for Students and Teachers: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  3. Happy Pride Month from The Shakespearean Student
  4. How to Throw a Midsummer Night’s Dream Party
  5. Review: The 2021 Globe Tehater Midsummer Night’s Dream
  6. Graphic Novel Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  7. Review: King Of Shadows by Susan Cooper

If you’re interested in one of my online courses on “A Midsummer Nights’ Dream,” Click on the link below:

Recap of all my content related to "A Midsummer Night's Dream.

And finally, to bridge between Midsummer and Star Trek, here’s a short clip of an episode of “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” where the crew pretends to be a group of actors, performing, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

The crew of the starship Enterprise go back in time, and pretend to be members of a Shakespeare troupe.

Happy Pride Month From “The Shakespearean Student!”

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Happy Pride Month everyone! This month I’m going to concentrate on “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” more info on Shakespeare’s comedies, and a few little nerdy analyses, but first I wanted to extend a friendly hand to members of the LGBTQ+ community, whom arguably Shakespeare has celebrated in some of his writing, especially in Midsummer and the other comedies.

The quote on the featured photo comes from “Twelfth Night.” The character Antonio repeatedly mentions how much he loves Sebastian (Viola’s twin brother). He shows a great amount of courage and devotion. Sadly, Sebastian doesn’t reciprocate his feelings, but he is grateful to Antonio, and tries to help him when he gets in trouble.

If you’re interested in queer readings and queer coding in Shakespeare, enjoy this video analysis from Kyle Kalgren and Rantasmo- a scholar who delves into queer representation in popular media:

Let me know if you’d like me to cover more of this topic. I admittedly, haven’t read many Queer Theory papers on Shakespeare, but it’s a fascinating and wide-ranging topic. It also helps develop the case that, as Rantasmo puts it: “If we truly believe (and I do) that Shakespeare is a universal writer, then his plays should be able to speak to all races, cultures, and all forms of love.”

Happy Pride Month!