A really enjoyable and silly play. I'm starting my Shakespeare quest with Midsummer Night's Dream as I'll be watching a performance of it this coming Saturday, and wanted to familiarise myself with the story.

I was worried I would struggle with the language as I haven't read any Shakespeare since my school years, where everything aspect is explained to death draining all the fun and feeling from it. I definitely had a more fun time at it reading it under my own steam, and I was surprised at how easy it was to read. There were parts, like Demetrius' over the top attitude and Lysander's insults that had me laughing out loud.

The idea of mistakenly loving the wrong person gave me real The Importance of Being Ernest vibes, which I loved. If Oscar Wilde had been inspired by this play, I would completely understand that.

All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed this, and think it was the best possible play to kick off my quest to read all of Shakespeare's plays.