I’ve always felt disappointed that the only Shakespearean play I was exposed to at secondary school was A Midsummer’s Night Dream. Even though I fell in love with the tale, I feel that this particular play has developed a reputation for being one of the Bard’s more commercial efforts and I have grown envious of my friends whose education involved far more bloodshed…

I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that A Midsummer Night’s Dream has been reproduced in every medium imaginable. But how many of them have been described as ‘phantasmagorical’? – read more.