This is the full Shakespeare play adapted into simplified plain English
(aimed at a 10 year-old reading age), and brought to life as a vivid and
engaging full-color graphic novel.
With its mix of real people who stumble into a fairy kingdom (with its
own problems!) it is little wonder that this play is one of the best
loved and most performed of all Shakespeare's masterpieces - and a firm
favorite for outdoor theater on a warm summer's evening.
Designed to encourage readers to enjoy classical literature, titles in
the Classical Comics range stay true to the original vision of the
authors.
To support the use of this title in the classroom, photocopiable
teachers resources are available that offer lesson plans and activities
from 6th grade and up: ISBN 978-1-907127-75-5
Synopsis:
Hermia is in love with Lysander but her father forbids them to marry,
insisting that she marries Demetrius instead, whom Hermia's friend
Helena loves. Hermia and Lysander escape to the woods, pursued by
Demetrius and Helena. However there is trouble in the woods because the
king and queen of the fairies, Oberon and Titania, have quarrelled. To
spite Titania, Oberon instructs the mischievous Puck to squeeze the
juice of a magic flower into her eyes while she sleeps, so that she
falls in love with the first thing she sees when she wakes. He also
instructs Puck to apply the same magic to Demetrius so that he will fall
in love with Helena. However, Puck gets it all wrong...