A Midsummer Night's Dream: A User's Guide

An intensely practical account of how

A Midsummer Night's Dream actually works on stage.A scene-by-scene guide to Shakespeare's best loved comedy, from the well-know actor Michael Pennington, drawing on his own experience of directing

A Midsummer Night's Dream at the famous Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park, London, in 2003 – described by London critics as 'a captivating Shakespearian experience' (

Guardian) and 'riotously funny and genuinely touching' (

Telegraph).Praise for Michael Pennington's

User's Guides:'An insider's guide par excellence' Simon Callow

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He is sharply intelligent, scrupulously careful, hugely knowledgeable and, above all, wonderfully readable'

Peter Holland, The Shakespeare Institute 'It is his range of knowledge – along with a gift for writing clearly and memorably – that makes him such a fine guide'TLS