A Midsummer Night's Gene

A Midsummer Night's Gene

Author	Andrew Harman
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Legend
Publication date	1997
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	288 pp
ISBN	0-09-978871-3
OCLC	43236604

A Midsummer Night's Gene is a sci-fi parody novel of Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. This Andrew Harman farce, published in 1997 by Random House, reflects the plot of the original play only slightly. It concentrates on two of the fairies and follows their attempts to play with genetic engineering in a modern English town.

William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

Characters

Lovers	Oberon and Titania Hermia and Lysander Helena and Demetrius

Mechanicals	Nick Bottom Peter Quince Francis Flute Robin Starveling Tom Snout Snug

Other characters	Puck Egeus Philostrate

Film

Television

Stage

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1970, play)
The Donkey Show (1999, musical)
The Dreaming (2001, musical)

Ballet

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1962)
The Dream (1964)

Opera

The Fairy-Queen (1692)
Pyramus and Thisbe (1745)
Puck (1949)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1960, opera)
The Enchanted Island (2011)

Film adaptations

Wood Love (1925)
Get Over It (2001)
A Midsummer Night's Rave (2002)
Midsummer Dream (2005)
Were the World Mine (2008)
Strange Magic (2015)

Other adaptations

The Triumph of Beauty (1646)
St. John's Eve (1852)
"Fascination" (1994)

Literature

Comics

Music

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1842, Mendelssohn)
Wedding March (1842, Mendelssohn)
Three Shakespeare Songs (1951)
Symphony No. 8 (1992, Henze)
Il Sogno (2004)

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