The Folger Guide to Teaching A Midsummer Night's Dream

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The authoritative guide to teaching Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream, The Folger Guide to Teaching A Midsummer Nights Dream is an invaluable resource for teachers, students, and Shakespeare fans alike.

In A Midsummer Nights Dream, Shakespeare stages the workings of love. Theseus and Hippolyta, about to marry, are figures from mythology. In the woods outside Theseuss Athens, two young men and two young women sort themselves out into couplesbut not before they form first one love triangle, and then another.

Also in the woods, the king and queen of fairyland, Oberon and Titania, battle over custody of an orphan boy; Oberon uses magic to make Titania fall in love with a weaver named Bottom, whose head is temporarily transformed into that of a donkey by a hobgoblin or puck, Robin Goodfellow. Finally, Bottom and his companions ineptly stage the tragedy of Pyramus and Thisbe.

The Folger Guide to Teaching A Midsummer Nights Dream Includes:
-An explanation of the Folger methodology for teaching Shakespeare
-Scholarly essays from experts in the field
-A five-week breakdown of digestible lesson plans
-Resource links for a deeper dive into the world of Shakespeare

This guide is an essential part of any teachers toolkit.

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Dr. Peggy OBrien was named the Folgers director of education in May 2013. A former Folger educator, she established the Librarys education philosophy and the bulk of its programs in the 1980s and led the department until 1994, when she left to become director of education programs for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Her long and distinguished career has brought her numerous awards and honors, including Doctor of Lawshonoris causafrom Trinity University, Doctor of Humane Lettershonoris causafrom Georgetown University, the Public Humanities Award from the DC Community Humanities Council, and the Folger Shakespeare Librarys 2008 Shakespeare Steward Award. Prior to her first appointment at the Folger, she spent a number of years teaching high school English in the DC Public Schools, and since then has taught undergraduate courses at Georgetown University.