Please Note: This program has a rescheduled date and time (originally Thursday, September 18, 2025, 6 p.m. ET).
With its magic spells, soaring lyricism, and playful plot, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of the most beloved and frequently performed of Shakespeare’s comedies.
Joseph Luzzi, a professor of literature at Bard College, explores the poetic forms and central themes of A Midsummer Night’s Dream as he situates the play within both the broader arc of Shakespeare’s career and his evolving understanding of the comic genre. Early modern notions of gender and love as well as the ways in which Shakespeare’s comedies enable characters to shift their identities in unique and innovative ways are highlighted.
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