For these wealthy people, an evening at Glyndebourne is a social rite, a rare chance to behave like a true English eccentric, ("Smiles of a Summer Night"). ... By comparing and relating a specific production to these external factors one can find parallels between the adaptation and its cultural framework. ... In each chapter I will discuss how the fairies relate to the topic concerned. ... I will work from the general to the specific. I will start with a general analysis of the topic related to Shakespeare's text. ...

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