Some of you may not consider this book a classic. It isn't actually a book anyway. It isn't really meant to be read. It's meant to be played--performed. On stage. I consider it a classic all the same.
A Midsummer Night's Dream was the very first Shakespeare play I ever read in its entirety. It was assigned reading in my honors 7th grade English class. I fell in love with this play. I fell in love with the stage and theatre arts because of this work. I fell in love with Shakespeare because of this one text, and through Shakespeare I discovered Christopher Marlowe whose works I love more than just about anything else on any bookshelf anywhere. I didn't select a Marlowe play here though...because Shakespeare led me to Marlowe. I love the lovers' merry (and not so merry) chase through the enchanted wood. I love Titania and Oberon's spat and Puck's interference. I love everything about this play. I read it several times a year.
