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

Hermia loves Lysander and Helena loves Demetrius – but Demetrius is supposed to be marrying Hermia… When the Duke of Athens tries to enforce the marriage, the lovers take refuge in the woods and wander into the midst of a dispute between the king and queen of the fairies.

Shakespeare put some of his most dazzling dramatic poetry at the service of this teasing, glittering, hilarious and amazingly inventive play, whose seriousness is only fleetingly glimpsed beneath its dreamlike surface.

Michelle Terry won the 2011 Olivier Award for her portrayal of Sylvia in Tribes (Royal Court). Michelle returns to the Globe having previously played the Princess of France in Love’s Labours Lost (2007).

This production will employ Renaissance costumes and staging.

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Setting the Scene
Pre-show introduction by leading scholars, illustrated by Globe actors

Thursday 30 May
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Talking Theatre
Post-show Q&A sessions with actors and creatives

Wednesday 29 May
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Study Day
Leading scholars and theatre artists offer historical, practical, and theatrical contexts to A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Saturday 25 May

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