Fairies in folkloristic tradition and within A Midsummer Night's Dream exist in a wide variety. In the course of this paper I hope to demonstrate the variety of fairies and how they appear in A Midsummer Night's Dream. The fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream at first appear to be homogenous, and critics often see them this way. ... For this reason I will discuss certain magical characters of A Midsummer Night's Dream in separate chapters. ... The first fairy to appear on stage in A Midsummer Night's Dream describes her task to the audience: "To dew her orbs upon th...

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While "Dream" (my adaptation of "A Midsummer Night's Dream") was poorly staged, shabbily designed, and narratively messy, the production achieved something I have yet to achieve again. ... Each performance was sold out, with the majority of tickets being bought by members of my age group, and by closing night approximately one thousand people had seen the show. ... These younger audience members seemed amazed, and even shocked, by how much they had enjoyed "Dream". ... The human characters wore contemporary clothing, and the fairies were outfitted in outlandish garments that conveyed an o...

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