Believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta.
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" is one of Shakespeare's strangest and most delightful creations, and it marks a departure from his earlier works and from others of the English Renaissance. The play features three interlocking plots, connected by a celebration of the wedding of Duke Theseus of Athens and the Amazon queen, Hippolyta, which is set simultaneously in the woodland and in the realm of Fairyland, under the light of the moon.
Categorized as a comedy, the play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world.