Why should you read "A Midsummer Night's Dream"? - Iseult Gillespie

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Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/tededView full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-should-you-read-a-midsummer-night-s-dream-iseult-gillespieBy the light of the moon, a group sneaks into the woods, where they take mind-altering substances, switch it up romantically and brush up against creatures from another dimension. A Midsummer Nights Dream sees Shakespeare play with the boundary between illusion and reality - and dramatize the possibility that life is but a dream. Iseult Gillespie shares what makes this play a timeless classic.Lesson by Iseult Gillespie, directed by WOW-HOW Studio. Thank you so much to our patrons for your support! Without you this video would not be possible! Jun Cai, Paul Schneider, Amber Wood, Ophelia Gibson Best, Michelle Stevens-Stanford, Phyllis Dubrow, Andreas Voltios, Eunsun Kim, Philippe Spoden, Samantha Chow, Armando Ello, Ayala Ron, Manognya Chakrapani, Doreen Reynolds-Consolati, Melissa Sorrells, Antony Lee, Husain Mohammad, Cme Vincent, Astia Rizki Safitri, Alan Froese, alessandra tasso, Gerald Onyango, Katrina Harding, Ezgi Yersu, Katie Dean, Kin Lon Ma, Carsten Tobehn, Jeremy Fryd, Charlene You, Carolyn Corwin, rakesh Katragadda, Sergi Pez, Jrgen sterpart, Cindy O., Nicu Boanda, Reagen O'Connor, Sabrina Gonzalez, Dino, Hadi Salahshour, Clement, Nick Debenedictis, Abdullah Altuwaijri, Jessie McGuire, Divina Grace Dar Santos, Brian Richards, Farah Abdelwahab, Mikhail Shkirev, Malcolm Callis, David Matthew Ezroj and Ever Granada.