![]() ![]() Shakespeare’s last play is The Tempest (1611) and it is regarded as his testament for prosperity. Even in a comedy, there is a substance of truth, of seriousness. Shakespeare could write in different moods at the same time: it goes very quickly from tragedy to comedy. The theme of rebelling children against their parents: 2 families at war but united through the love of their children. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, we have a tragedy within the comedy. It proves that Shakespeare could write a tragedy and a comedy at the same time. ![]() There is a connection between Pyramus & Thisbe and Romeo & Juliet: one character kills himself because he thought his love is dead (the tragedy of misunderstanding). The play is part of the early work of Shakespeare (1554-1616), it was written and performed in 1595-1596, just after The Taming of the Shrew and The Two Gentlemen of Verona. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of the most famous and successful nplays by Shakespeare. ![]()
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