A Midsummer Night's Dream Act III, scene 1: Nick Bottom's transformation
In William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, the setting shifts between Athens, home to the human characters in the play, and a magical forest populated by fairy folk.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Learn about the psychological toll exacted on Macbeth by his murder of Duncan in Act II, scene 2, of Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth.
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Courtesy of the British Film InstituteMordecai (Shylock) hands his bond to Portia at court in the 1923 film Der Kaufmann von Venedig (The Merchant of Venice), featuring Werner Krauss and Henny Porten. The scene enacted here is from Act IV, scene 1, of Shakespeare's play.
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Courtesy of Folger Shakespeare Library; CC-BY-SA 4.0 (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Learn about the First Folio edition (1623) of William Shakespeare's plays and its allure for collectors and scholars. In addition, take a look at the Hinman collator, a machine originally developed to help scholars detect minute differences between copies of the First Folio.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Learn more about William Shakespeare and the use of audition sides in acting.
