SOURCE: “Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream,” in Introduction to English Renaissance Comedy, Manchester University Press, 1999, pp. 46-69.
In the following essay, Leggatt surveys the plot, themes, and characters of A Midsummer Night's Dream, emphasizing the wide dispersal of power and authority in the play.
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