... place on the first night of May, when young men and women would engage in singing, dancing (and possibly more amorous pursuits) in the woods outside their towns. In other words, the play's title and plot recall English traditions in a way that suggests a combination of Halloween (Puck and the fairies) and a big rave (with love-juice instead of Ecstasy). At the time that the play was written ... inadvertent "wounding- of the blossom (this lyrical account of the flower contains a short compliment to Shakespeare's actual queen, Elizabeth I). Having been hit by Cupid's arrow, the flower poss...

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