Completely Unabridged

Appreciate the linguistic richness of the original play text, broken into easily digested ‘bits’. In-line translation helps you to understand difficult words and phrases.

Hear it, See it

The combination of text, fully animated re-enactment and audio soundtrack helps you to decode Shakespeare’s prose and facilitates learners of varying abilities and learning styles.

Character Building

Character biographies can be accessed from either the main play or through a dedicated cast feature. An illustrated relationship map shows key characters and their inter-relationships in the play.

Ace that Exam

A wide selection of integrated analyses and study notes for each scene are provided to help you understand plot summaries, key themes, language, imagery and quotes from the play.

A royal wedding in Athens sends four young lovers and a motley crew of amateur actors into a fairy-filled woodland where they fall under impish manipulation. Could this be real or is it a dream after all?

The Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the queen of the Amazons are to be married and festivities have been ordered for the impending nuptials. As the local craftsmen and amateur actors enter the woods to prepare to produce a play for the occasion, Egeus brings his daughter, Hermia, to Theseus for judgment. Egeus believes that she has been bewitched by her husband of choice, Lysander, into agreeing to marry him. As Hermia and Lysander seek the refuge of the woods to plan their elopement, they confide in Helena who, having lost the love of Demetrius and wanting to win him back, tells him of the young couple’s plans.

Meanwhile, fairies who have arrived to bless the royal wedding descend upon the woodlands. As the King and Queen of the Fairies bicker over her refusal to give up her changeling, King Oberon orders a love potion to be made which will be given to the Fairy Queen, Titania, so that she will fall in love with the first person she sees. Unfortunately, not everything goes quite to plan and magical chaos ensues, resulting in hilarious consequences.

"The course of true love never did run smooth."

– Act 1 Scene 1