... cultures. By comparing and relating a specific production to these external factors one can find parallels between the adaptation and its cultural framework. So, due to the position of adaptations of Shakespeare's plays within a large cultural framework one can analyse and explain the appearance of an adaptation. In this paper I will explicitly examine which traditional sources, theatrical conventions, contemporary beliefs or ... "where fairies are the major manipulators," this could be the fairyland of A Midsummer Night's Dream and the four lovers enter this world (Michael Dervan, 36)...

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