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Why should you read "A Midsummer Night's Dream"? - Iseult Gillespie

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2018 ж. 2 Жел.
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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.

    @user-uh9jy7ss4m@user-uh9jy7ss4m5 жыл бұрын

    • BABY HANDS 👐

      @giuliading4346@giuliading43465 жыл бұрын

    • The feet too.

      @kennethsummers6857@kennethsummers68575 жыл бұрын

    • But why? 🤔

      @rsr5142@rsr51425 жыл бұрын

    • This is after Trump's presidency...only his descendants are allowed to live

      @tannyocean9984@tannyocean99845 жыл бұрын

    • Oh yeah lol

      @USSAnimeNCC-@USSAnimeNCC-5 жыл бұрын

  • These videos are five minute mind trips. Thank you!

    @Questn@Questn5 жыл бұрын

    • 4:42 minutes

      @jatziberoja04@jatziberoja045 жыл бұрын

  • *These animations are a **_dream!_*

    @BobMcCoy@BobMcCoy5 жыл бұрын

    • Thanks :)

      @wow-howstudio4509@wow-howstudio45095 жыл бұрын

    • Wow-How Studio wait u were the one who animated this Nice keep up the good work

      @papyrus7171@papyrus71715 жыл бұрын

    • Papyrus yes :) exactly! Thanks !

      @wow-howstudio4509@wow-howstudio45095 жыл бұрын

    • Wow-How Studio no thank you ur animations made my day

      @papyrus7171@papyrus71715 жыл бұрын

    • That's for true ..

      @rishikesav4437@rishikesav44375 жыл бұрын

  • shakespeare has one damn big imagination and its scaring me

    @roborai9492@roborai94925 жыл бұрын

    • 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.

      @jasonyntig717@jasonyntig7173 жыл бұрын

    • Have u meet Stephen king 😳

      @martinashoukry952@martinashoukry9523 жыл бұрын

    • are you a xinqiu main by any chance?

      @corndog756@corndog7562 жыл бұрын

    • @@corndog756 YES OMG i am in fact a xingqiu main

      @roborai9492@roborai94922 жыл бұрын

    • Hahaha its alright

      @renayesimmons4070@renayesimmons40702 жыл бұрын

  • I just now realized how heavily this inspired the plot of Barbie a Fairy Secret

    @stopstaring3830@stopstaring38304 жыл бұрын

    • Same here.

      @swagata2@swagata23 жыл бұрын

    • LMFAO

      @lilawood8780@lilawood87802 жыл бұрын

    • NO. Shakespeare copied barbie

      @kagaria@kagaria2 жыл бұрын

  • 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!!!

    @TinyMedicine@TinyMedicine5 жыл бұрын

    • Long live the books!!! That's what we folks live on

      @chessematics@chessematics2 жыл бұрын

  • Though she be but little, she is fierce.

    @sivawright@sivawright5 жыл бұрын

    • No ear hath seen, nor eye hath heard

      @snowcold5932@snowcold59325 жыл бұрын

    • 'tis what she proclaimed

      @loxu6ka@loxu6ka5 жыл бұрын

    • Love that Shakespeare quote!

      @madelynpoling1738@madelynpoling17385 жыл бұрын

  • 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.

    @tusharkaul3602@tusharkaul36025 жыл бұрын

  • 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.

    @unclepatrick2@unclepatrick24 жыл бұрын

  • Wow... Ted ed never fails to amaze me... HONESTLY YOUR ANIMATIONS ARE IMORPROVING BY EVERY VIDEO AND ALSO VERY UNIQUE... GOOD JOB GUYS

    @kezriehayudini9137@kezriehayudini91375 жыл бұрын

    • "Imorproving"

      @guifrakss@guifrakss5 жыл бұрын

    • @@guifrakss lol

      @SunitaSingh-og2jw@SunitaSingh-og2jw5 жыл бұрын

    • @@guifrakss Have you never heard of imorprovement you uncultured swine.

      @ayetiwithinternetacces875@ayetiwithinternetacces8755 жыл бұрын

    • Improving? But each video is done by a different animator.

      @x3ICEx@x3ICEx5 жыл бұрын

  • I just finished reading the play in English class today, crazy you guys just uploaded it today

    @ehehrez6631@ehehrez66315 жыл бұрын

    • Same

      @anuel3780@anuel37805 жыл бұрын

    • @@anuel3780 are you classmates 😜😜😜

      @VishalSinghYT001@VishalSinghYT0015 жыл бұрын

    • Vishal Singh nope

      @ehehrez6631@ehehrez66315 жыл бұрын

    • @@ehehrez6631 N O

      @anuel3780@anuel37805 жыл бұрын

    • Why?

      @anuel3780@anuel37805 жыл бұрын

  • And then you remember that Shakespearean female characters during that time where played by men...

    @ilikebreathingtoo@ilikebreathingtoo5 жыл бұрын

    • you really know how to turn me on

      @TheWorldsStage@TheWorldsStage3 жыл бұрын

    • @@TheWorldsStage oh? 👀

      @ileanabriannemari@ileanabriannemari3 жыл бұрын

    • He knew what he was doing

      @dootboi4120@dootboi41202 жыл бұрын

    • Boys*

      @KA-gy3lz@KA-gy3lz2 жыл бұрын

    • Even better!

      @sweetsourorange@sweetsourorange4 ай бұрын

  • TED Ed, please do for "Much Ado About Nothing" "As You Like It" "The Merchant of Venice".

    @foreign_physics8490@foreign_physics84905 жыл бұрын

  • 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😊😊

    @meghamitra1203@meghamitra12035 жыл бұрын

  • 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

    @Vulppix@Vulppix5 жыл бұрын

  • Thank you very much for giving a possibility of working together on such an amazing animation project :)

    @wow-howstudio4509@wow-howstudio45095 жыл бұрын

    • Those animations were so beautiful!! Amazing job, hope you work with TedEd some more! :D

      @lo3769@lo37695 жыл бұрын

    • Uuu

      @gachalover5546@gachalover55465 жыл бұрын

  • the animation is so... relaxing.

    @stephenandretan2347@stephenandretan23475 жыл бұрын

  • 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.

    @zarinaa1135@zarinaa11353 жыл бұрын

  • 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.

    @cyzhouhk@cyzhouhk5 жыл бұрын

  • 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

    @marwapranata5698@marwapranata56985 жыл бұрын

  • This is amazing food for thought, thank you! Not to mention the engrossing animation

    @Exist64@Exist645 жыл бұрын

  • 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..

    @tamaki_souh@tamaki_souh5 жыл бұрын

  • It never fails to amaze me how splendid the animations at ted ed are.... Just too good, magical even

    @kaustubhgupta46@kaustubhgupta465 жыл бұрын

  • this has been my favourite Shakespeare play since 5th grade💕

    @dr.prachiaroranarang5672@dr.prachiaroranarang56723 ай бұрын

  • Midsummer Night's Dream is my all time favorite play by Billy Shakespeare.🤩👍🎬🌺

    @erinbrown7412@erinbrown74124 жыл бұрын

  • Wonderful breakdown of an amazing play.

    @AMcGrath82@AMcGrath825 жыл бұрын

  • 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!

    @nomobobby@nomobobby5 жыл бұрын

  • i love it on how TED-ed improves their animations, designs and how they retell the story or facts

    @marsy_mae4536@marsy_mae45365 жыл бұрын

  • 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 💛

    @ms.m3n@ms.m3n5 жыл бұрын

  • Thankyou this was so on time!!!! I’m doing a play on this!! Tysm

    @anythinkreviews2810@anythinkreviews28105 жыл бұрын

  • 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.

    @SparkzMxzXZ@SparkzMxzXZ5 жыл бұрын

  • Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream were the only plays by Shakespeare that I really enjoyed reading.

    @gay_phoebe@gay_phoebe5 жыл бұрын

    • 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!

      @alexandriasimms4842@alexandriasimms48425 жыл бұрын

    • Am I the only person that absolutely hates shakespeare because of how hard it is to read?

      @geralferald@geralferald5 жыл бұрын

    • @@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.

      @gay_phoebe@gay_phoebe5 жыл бұрын

    • @@geralferald It's not that hard. Read along with a staged production. That really helps.

      @Tolstoy111@Tolstoy1113 жыл бұрын

    • then what about hamlet?

      @HerMi.T@HerMi.T2 жыл бұрын

  • Well, I'm sold. Thank you for making my uni reading more enjoyable this semester.

    @FoenyxFeather@FoenyxFeather5 жыл бұрын

  • 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.

    @hadassahbranch7529@hadassahbranch75295 жыл бұрын

  • 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.

    @gorgiascae5682@gorgiascae56825 жыл бұрын

  • 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.

    @billyfox6368@billyfox63683 жыл бұрын

  • i knew i love ted ed not only for the good animation but the narration and content itself

    @giane2727@giane27275 жыл бұрын

  • Loving this kind of stuff TedEd. I'll keep coming back for more! 💕

    @jrperea3926@jrperea39265 жыл бұрын

  • These are so much more informative than the half-hearted lectures than my English teacher gives. Keep it up TED ED!!!

    @helenroy1011@helenroy10115 жыл бұрын

  • 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.

    @harmony137@harmony1375 жыл бұрын

  • I just finished A Midsummer Night's Dream! Loved it. Thanks Ted-Ed

    @ishitamukherjee5183@ishitamukherjee51832 жыл бұрын

  • Stunning animation, as if it was a dream, well done.

    @tahmeedmazumder6877@tahmeedmazumder68775 жыл бұрын

  • It’s still so pretty just like I remember ❤️

    @adorabledork89@adorabledork892 жыл бұрын

  • 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.

    @TheMikester307@TheMikester3072 жыл бұрын

  • Puck is one of my favorite characters in all of fiction

    @manamejeffbeezos1238@manamejeffbeezos12385 жыл бұрын

    • KOL then you should look up the history of Robin GoodFellow (Puck) who was in literature even before WSS wrote MSND

      @fredbarker9201@fredbarker92014 жыл бұрын

  • love the art style

    @Steve000@Steve0005 жыл бұрын

  • 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

    @susanamosquera3399@susanamosquera33995 жыл бұрын

  • this is the only video i got on youtube which explained the whole story without any spoilers. thank you so much TED Ed

    @georgegummadi1507@georgegummadi15075 жыл бұрын

  • Narrator and animation mesh beautifully. So enjoyable, more!

    @muthersmustache@muthersmustache5 жыл бұрын

  • I love this series so much, keep it up

    @cavangriffin1514@cavangriffin15145 жыл бұрын

  • This new series has given me a new reason to wake up in the morning.

    @samvidrajwar6424@samvidrajwar64245 жыл бұрын

  • I think I'm in love ... with the narrator here ... and many thanks for an excellent presentation!

    @johnhunter2058@johnhunter20584 жыл бұрын

  • 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.

    @arijit176@arijit1767 ай бұрын

  • great animation this is one thing which no one is best as ted ed

    @animemanvivek@animemanvivek5 жыл бұрын

  • “We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.” Really life is but a dream...

    @ShivamMishra-td3jz@ShivamMishra-td3jz5 жыл бұрын

  • Read it just now and loved it. What a delight to follow that with this video!

    @priscillakhapai3623@priscillakhapai36233 жыл бұрын

  • 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

    @sumeiyahsyeda9386@sumeiyahsyeda93865 жыл бұрын

  • 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.

    @J1P2K@J1P2K5 жыл бұрын

  • 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

    @jeremyhernandez7518@jeremyhernandez75184 жыл бұрын

  • I’m gonna be in this play very soon! I’m really excited.

    @ginadrawzsumstuf9347@ginadrawzsumstuf93472 жыл бұрын

  • I remember performing this play 😪 good times

    @kevinnavarro6612@kevinnavarro66125 жыл бұрын

  • Please do Hamlet next. I am doing it right now.🙏

    @shrutighosh311@shrutighosh3115 жыл бұрын

  • I love these videos!

    @Itsalekss@Itsalekss5 жыл бұрын

  • Love this type of vid, thank you!

    @AlexVoxel@AlexVoxel5 жыл бұрын

  • 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.

    @kirstinemmanuel-sule4175@kirstinemmanuel-sule41752 жыл бұрын

  • The animation here is gorgeous

    @charizardgarfild9405@charizardgarfild94055 жыл бұрын

  • My favorite play of Shakespeare 💜 And this narrators voice and accent is a dream

    @emmajars58@emmajars582 жыл бұрын

  • I definitely want to read this one. I love Shakespearean plays

    @camiloiribarren1450@camiloiribarren14505 жыл бұрын

  • 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.

    @elkazekage3471@elkazekage34715 жыл бұрын

  • my batch had a play on that i can say this is very intriguing and it really showcased the era of literature

    @aureallain8382@aureallain83825 жыл бұрын

  • just finished reading this a week before and you uploaded it . well, it's hard for anyone to tell people the story of this. ☺️☺️☺️

    @quantumeinstein3472@quantumeinstein34725 жыл бұрын

  • OMG THIS IS BEAUTIFULLLL 😭😭 For another video can you guys do mythology like Kotan Utannai I'd love to see that animated

    @arunsooknarine4738@arunsooknarine47385 жыл бұрын

  • This is one of my favorite plays by Shakespeare

    @anikamaynard8132@anikamaynard81325 жыл бұрын

  • 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.

    @varshitatandon4054@varshitatandon40544 жыл бұрын

  • Another gorgeous animation.

    @potatochips2481@potatochips24815 жыл бұрын

  • I had to perform this play last year with school. It's a fun one

    @imperialscout8570@imperialscout85705 жыл бұрын

  • 😍 love this play

    @hr6334@hr63345 жыл бұрын

  • Incredible motion graphics!

    @markchadwick77@markchadwick775 жыл бұрын

  • I searched for this and your video pops up we're actually doing this play in our college after a few days it gonna be fun!

    @mr.buckcat8004@mr.buckcat80042 жыл бұрын

  • a shakespearian presentation 🤴👑👌dreamily beautiful reading and animations...incredible

    @NK-kj5ms@NK-kj5ms5 жыл бұрын

  • I loooove this series, please do a “why you should read Chekhov”!

    @heleen2595@heleen25955 жыл бұрын

  • The animation is magical

    @mangalasingh4137@mangalasingh41374 жыл бұрын

  • Loved the animation...it was kind of soothing🙂

    @aditi_05@aditi_055 жыл бұрын

  • I once played Titania. It was a lot of fun.

    @arashikitty2873@arashikitty28735 жыл бұрын

  • 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

    @-yumefroots-8244@-yumefroots-82442 жыл бұрын

  • I 💖 ted ed!

    @kingzoe5534@kingzoe55345 жыл бұрын

  • Perfect timing

    @moenislam9356@moenislam93565 жыл бұрын

  • 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.

    @historicallyinaccurate4609@historicallyinaccurate46095 жыл бұрын

    • ikr

      @cliocloud4627@cliocloud46275 жыл бұрын

  • This was lofty!

    @eddon4108@eddon41085 жыл бұрын

  • Totally love this 👍👍👍👍👍

    @MedSou@MedSou5 жыл бұрын

  • Im reading this in my 8th grade english class ,and boy is it full of tea.

    @AnnaleeSeif@AnnaleeSeif5 жыл бұрын

  • 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.)

    @alexalson645@alexalson6455 жыл бұрын

  • I played Helena in a production of this!! Dreamlike and hilarious, would recommend

    @dots1004@dots10045 жыл бұрын

    • dots I love Marina and the 💎 and thanks for the recommendation.

      @unamed2516@unamed25164 жыл бұрын

  • Haven’t read it yet.. surely I will check this out. 👌🏻Thanks Ted-Ed

    @keitazaki2002@keitazaki20025 жыл бұрын

  • Awesomeness in every way; love this :-)

    @GloriaJWimberley@GloriaJWimberley5 жыл бұрын

  • 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! 🎉

    @NoemyTorrance@NoemyTorranceАй бұрын

  • My favourite play

    @lillithdv8@lillithdv85 жыл бұрын

  • 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.

    @lois1677@lois16774 жыл бұрын

  • For 5 minutes I was in a completely different world!

    @harshalbhanarkar@harshalbhanarkar4 жыл бұрын

  • Oh I loved that book.

    @imjustanormalchannel5401@imjustanormalchannel54015 жыл бұрын
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