Why should you read "A Midsummer Night's Dream"? - Iseult Gillespie
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By the light of the moon, a group sneaks into the woods, where they take mind-altering substances, switch it up romantically and brush up against creatures from another dimension. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” sees Shakespeare play with the boundary between illusion and reality - and dramatize the possibility that life is but a dream. Iseult Gillespie shares what makes this play a timeless classic.
Lesson by Iseult Gillespie, directed by WOW-HOW Studio.
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I love how the characters have big
arms yet very tiny hands.
BABY HANDS 👐
The feet too.
But why? 🤔
This is after Trump's presidency...only his descendants are allowed to live
Oh yeah lol
*These animations are a **_dream!_*
Thanks :)
Wow-How Studio wait u were the one who animated this Nice keep up the good work
Papyrus yes :) exactly! Thanks !
Wow-How Studio no thank you ur animations made my day
That's for true ..
These videos are five minute mind trips. Thank you!
4:42 minutes
shakespeare has one damn big imagination and its scaring me
However we have Shakespeares today... it is just our society bringing them down. They are making their own words yet people call them a copycat of Shakespeare. Sad.
Have u meet Stephen king 😳
are you a xinqiu main by any chance?
@@corndog756 YES OMG i am in fact a xingqiu main
Hahaha its alright
I just now realized how heavily this inspired the plot of Barbie a Fairy Secret
Same here.
LMFAO
NO. Shakespeare copied barbie
And then you remember that Shakespearean female characters during that time where played by men...
you really know how to turn me on
@@TheWorldsStage oh? 👀
He knew what he was doing
Boys*
Even better!
I love this new series of Why should you read series! Book reviews of a new kind! Kudos for the new approach and Long Live the books!!!
Long live the books!!!
That's what we folks live on
I played Puck in the school play when I was in 5th grade. I fell in love with this play and the character ever since.
This is the play I cannot forget ever..I cannot the dreamy feelings I had while i reading it for the first time..then I was a child..but still today whenever I feel low or deppressed I always open up this book..reading it in the soothing candlelight will definitely heal you always😊😊
Thanks a lot Ted Ed..for choosing this play and for sharing the magic of this play with the world..you guys are amazing😊😊
Wow... Ted ed never fails to amaze me... HONESTLY YOUR ANIMATIONS ARE IMORPROVING BY EVERY VIDEO AND ALSO VERY UNIQUE... GOOD JOB GUYS
"Imorproving"
@@guifrakss lol
@@guifrakss Have you never heard of imorprovement you uncultured swine.
Improving? But each video is done by a different animator.
I just finished reading the play in English class today, crazy you guys just uploaded it today
Same
@@anuel3780 are you classmates 😜😜😜
Vishal Singh nope
@@ehehrez6631 N O
Why?
Though she be but little, she is fierce.
No ear hath seen, nor eye hath heard
'tis what she proclaimed
Love that Shakespeare quote!
Wow, the animation is absolutely amazing in this video. The time when Shakespeare was controlling the characters and with the eyes reddened by the flower’s juice was amazing
Thank you very much for giving a possibility of working together on such an amazing animation project :)
Those animations were so beautiful!! Amazing job, hope you work with TedEd some more! :D
Uuu
TED Ed, please do for
"Much Ado About Nothing"
"As You Like It"
"The Merchant of Venice".
I seen versions of Midsummer Night Dream that are high Comedy. I seen a version that was much darker with the Fairies being almost Horror Monsters. It a wonderful play and every different performance has a different take on it. This make each time you see a different group do the play , it feels like it a new story.
This is amazing food for thought, thank you! Not to mention the engrossing animation
THANK YOU for having the characters be dressed as Ancient Greeks! Everyone dressed them in Elizabethan costumes and up. They always forget that it takes place in Ancient Greece.
the animation is so... relaxing.
The story telling and of course the animation is simply magically beautiful..i couldn't take my eyes away even for a second the whole time..
My favorite part is still the one where the characters roasting the troupes play.
I believe that's Shakespeare way to poke fun at his audience who comments or roasted his play when they watched it
I remember reading this for English Literature a few years ago. Just today we were discussing about our school play, and we wanted to do Shakespeare. Macbeth was off limits as the Y11s are doing it for school and they would kill us, so I suggested A Midsummer Nights Dream. Feels so apt since it's one of the most hilarious Shakespeare plays. Although Taming of the Shrew is also hilarious.
It never fails to amaze me how splendid the animations at ted ed are.... Just too good, magical even
This would’ve made reading this in class easier. Most of my class didn’t get it, and I got more out of this video than that whole semester. Thanks Ted Ed!
i love it on how TED-ed improves their animations, designs and how they retell the story or facts
one of the best shakespeare works, in my opinion. there are many subpar plays written by him that i’m not personally a fan of, but midsummer night’s dream is a true treat to watch on the stage.
I really don't get how you guys keep offering different astonishing animation styles.. And topics ofc. For someone who's always dreamed to be a designer like me this channel is like a dream.
I've been reading the play script since I was a girl, but now the confusion theme has made me enlightened on what the story really means. Such a profound work.
Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream were the only plays by Shakespeare that I really enjoyed reading.
Oh gosh yes! I read them at school and being 36 now, I still recall how the plays made me feel after each initial reading. I was utterly enthralled!
Am I the only person that absolutely hates shakespeare because of how hard it is to read?
@@geralferald Yes, Shakespeare is very hard to read. And English is not even my native language, so it is even more hard for me to read. But if you watch a summary of the plays with quotes and stuff, then you get to understand his plays more. And if you watch a play instead of just reading it, it also helps you to understand it more. If you get his plays though, they are something wonderful to read.
@@geralferald It's not that hard. Read along with a staged production. That really helps.
then what about hamlet?
Wonderful! I love these videos! Yes, I did read "Dream" first, in High School (on my own, by the way!) and then saw it when a friend appeared in it on stage. It plays like an episode of "Bewitched" by way of Greek Mythology.
Puck is one of my favorite characters in all of fiction
KOL then you should look up the history of Robin GoodFellow (Puck) who was in literature even before WSS wrote MSND
Midsummer Night's Dream is my all time favorite play by Billy Shakespeare.🤩👍🎬🌺
I love these series. Some of the recommendations are a surprise. Books that I have never heard or read anything about them, wich is perfect because I like to read all types of books.
Bravo 🙌 thanks Ted Ed for providing such a beautifully way of explaining that story!
I've only watched the play at an outdoor park in Los Feliz, Los Angeles CA maybe 5 years ago and I've attempted reading the story soon after seeing the performance. Neither those experiences awakened any clarity of appreciating this Shakespeare piece as y'all have done.
Bravo and I look forward to more of these videos 💛
Wonderful breakdown of an amazing play.
Stunning animation, as if it was a dream, well done.
“We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”
Really life is but a dream...
We had to read and to watch this at school and I loved it! Definitely, it's a great play and I'd certainly recommend reading it.
this has been my favourite Shakespeare play since 5th grade💕
I started to read the play after I finished reading Macbeth, but then stopped for some reason. Today I was trying to search for motivation to read, thanks for this video Ted Ed. Always amazing animations and story telling, keep it up
This new series has given me a new reason to wake up in the morning.
I played the part where Puck tricks everyone with his cleverness in 8th grade. He was my favorite. I also feel bad Helena would always be chasing ppl that don’t like her back
These are so much more informative than the half-hearted lectures than my English teacher gives. Keep it up TED ED!!!
For 5 minutes I was in a completely different world!
i knew i love ted ed not only for the good animation but the narration and content itself
I adored this book as a little girl... in almost 10 years, I have never forgot dancing down the road of the unstable emotion, led by Shakespeare's hand into the very heart of his imagination, being the 'book-hidden' spectator of such strange and hushed events and amused by the awkward humor of such atypical conversations and insults.
Dear Madam, you have amazingly narrated the essence of the marvellous play by the bard of Avon, it is fantabulously soothing to hear and comprehend.
I have read and watched A Midsummer Night's Dream, this video is basically sparknotes in video form. I will suggest this to my classmates.
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Before I ever heard of this book
I actually thought of the last quote saying that dreams are reality and reality is a dream . Its good to know that others have thought of this
Thankyou this was so on time!!!! I’m doing a play on this!! Tysm
I read this story in 8th grade and at that time, it didn't felt like a dream or too amazing. But now, it feels like magic.
love the art style
I was Peter Quince for a read along in high school for a class. My teacher loved my performance, said it matched my character. I even had to say Puck’s final words for my finals.
Narrator and animation mesh beautifully. So enjoyable, more!
It’s still so pretty just like I remember ❤️
The animation is magical
I just finished A Midsummer Night's Dream! Loved it.
Thanks Ted-Ed
I remember when I was in 7th grade, the teacher made us do a play, there was only 1 girl in our class so I ended up playing Hermia (I am male). It was akward but fun at the same time.
Im reading this in my 8th grade english class ,and boy is it full of tea.
Please do Hamlet next. I am doing it right now.🙏
I remember performing this play in an acting camp, It was the same but aliens instead of fairies and a few names were changed, I was Titania ( Her name was changed to Fétiana ), and she fell in love with a human in the play
Also there was around 9 songs and routines we had to learn in the span of 10 days
my batch had a play on that i can say this is very intriguing and it really showcased the era of literature
I love A Midsummer's Night's Dream. It's my favorite of all his plays I have read. I still have the copy I bought for my English class back in college.
As part of the class, with had to perform a scene from one of the plays we've read. I did Bottom, after he had awoke from his night in the woods.
this is the only video i got on youtube which explained the whole story without any spoilers. thank you so much TED Ed
I once played Titania. It was a lot of fun.
great animation this is one thing which no one is best as ted ed
I am gonna read this book straight away. It is so appealing at least to me.
Watch the movie too. It's available on prime
The flower used as a love potion in the play was also the favorite flower of Queen Elizabeth I.
I played Helena in a production of this!! Dreamlike and hilarious, would recommend
dots I love Marina and the 💎 and thanks for the recommendation.
Well, I'm sold. Thank you for making my uni reading more enjoyable this semester.
I definitely want to read this one. I love Shakespearean plays
The animation here is gorgeous
This is officially my favorite Shakespeare Ted talk video. ❤ It's seem like I already now the ehole story before I even get the chance to read in for English class! 🎉
I haven't had the experience to read a single Shakespeare play and yet now Ted-ed had had me interested to read all of them.
A play on an LSD trip, obviously;
"...where they take mind altering substances, switch it up romantically, and brush up fights against creatures from another dimensions."
Sometimes I think they are better than bright side......but then I think they are waaaayy!!! better than bright side.
Is it coincidence that we're rehearsing for this play when TedEd posted this?
I think not.
(I should also add that our version of AMND is translated to our local dialect and that it is a musical.)
This is one of my favorite plays by Shakespeare
When Shakespeare wrote the bit about "if we shadows have offended..." etc., he could have been making a jab at people who fall asleep during performances, too!
I remember performing this play 😪 good times
Easily my favourite shakespeare play.
I remember that my school would always do the midsummer nights dream, a play every year and the grade 6 will have to act it
I think I'm in love ... with the narrator here ... and many thanks for an excellent presentation!
I always thought it a "A Midnight Summer's Dream" idk why 😂😂
Great video btw, keep it up TED-ed!! ❤❤
can we just appreciate the animation on this?
I’m performing this at an opera next month. Wish me luck
I had to perform this play last year with school. It's a fun one
Or what I call “The most accurate representation of love, history to modern”
The name really sounds mystical
It's so deep and metaphorical I can't even manage to understand
I recently played Puck in a play of Midsummer Night’s Dream. We even used Shakespearean language. I HAD SO MANY MONOLOUGES. The last one was quite fun to perform.
Loving this kind of stuff TedEd. I'll keep coming back for more! 💕
okay but *THE ANIMATION THOO*
You deserve more views
“Switch it up romantically” 🤣🤣
I read "A Midsummernight's dream" Before going on an adventure in the guise of the Waveform festival, whereupon I Lyserged my way into the play..
The question mark in the video title should be outside of the quotations. When it's on the inside, it makes it look like the question mark is part of the story title.
My favorite Shakespeare play! I highly recommend a read or listen on audio. But if you cannot, the 1999 movie version is fairly faithful. The script is the actual play, so it's all correct. It just has a weird time swap and... bicycles...
Incredible motion graphics!
you could recognize Kate Tempest's accent literally anywhere