Original A Midsummer Night S Dream Book Cover

Corners very lightly bumped.

Original a midsummer night s dream book cover. The fairy king oberon and his queen titania are arguing. It portrays the adventures of four young athenian lovers and a group of amateur actors their interactions with the duke and duchess of athens theseus and hippolyta. Throughout the artist s muted watercolors enrich the retelling. 1908 1st ed a midsummer night s dream shakespeare theatre rackham illustrated love looks not with the eyes but with the mind and therefore is winged cupid painted blind.

The cast of characters except for oberon s and titania s elf sized bands look to be straight out of a high school drama club production. The wise hobgoblin piping on the cover and laughing on the title page is an irresistible lure into the story. Publishers primary binding of green cloth over boards front cover pictorially stamped dark blue gray pink tan and gilt. Neat ink presentation dated 1920 on front free end paper.

A midsummer night s dream is a romantic comedy by william shakespeare suggested by the knight s tale from geoffrey chaucer s the canterbury tales written around 1594 to 1596. A midsummer nights dream is a comedy written by william shakespeare between 1590 and 1596. The events of the play take place in and around athens in ancient greece and include scenes from a fairytale world inhabited by characters from greek mythology. Waldia received a gold medal from the society of illustrators for the pelican shakespeare series.

Constable co 1914. Spine pictorially stamped in gilt and colors top stained dark green others uncut. The acclaimed pelican shakespeare series now in a dazzling new series design this edition of a midsummer night s dream is edited with an introduction by russ mcdonald and was recently repackaged with cover art by manuja waldia. It is one of his most played pieces.