Education Resources

Discover the story of A Midsummer Night's Dream in two different ways.

Schools' synopsis
An engaging synopsis for students and teachers, created by writer Rebecca Lenkiewicz.

Spoken-word
Watch spoken-word artist Kate Tempest delivering her synopsis.
The transcript is available to download as a PDF document.

How do we know when A Midsummer Night's Dream was written?
And what sources and stories influenced Shakespeare when he wrote it?
Performance history expert Rebecca Brown presents the evidence.

In Stage history, performance history expert Rebecca Brown guides us through the history of A Midsummer Night's Dream in performance, from the time Shakespeare wrote it to the present day.

The RSC Productions 1920 - 2008 page links to more resouces for recent productions, including videos, photos, director interviews and more.

We've selected some famous quotes from A Midsummer Night's Dream.