# A Midsummer Night's Dream

**Author:** William Shakespeare
**Grade range:** Grades 8–12
**Age range:** 13–18
**First published:** 1600
**Page count:** 240
**Genre:** Drama
**ISBN-13:** `9780743477543`
**ISBN-10:** `0743477545`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/a-midsummer-nights-dream
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Shakespeare's comedy tangles four Athenian lovers, a troupe of amateur actors, and a quarreling fairy king and queen in an enchanted forest where a mischievous sprite's love potion sends everything awry. By morning, order and pairings are restored. One of the most-taught Shakespeare plays in grades 8-12 for its accessibility, humor, and play-within-a-play structure.

## Themes

- love
- illusion and reality
- marriage and class
- the supernatural

## Where this book is assigned

### AP English Literature & Composition

- **recommended** · 11th grade — [source: AP Lit drama representative text](https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-english-literature-and-composition)
- **recommended** · 12th grade — [source: AP Lit drama representative text](https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-english-literature-and-composition)

### Cambridge IGCSE English Literature (0475)

- **required** · 9th grade — [source: Prescribed set text for Cambridge IGCSE Literature in English (0475), Papers 2 and 3 (Drama), for examination in 2027. Transcribed from the official Cambridge International syllabus (721333-2027-syllabus.pdf). Set texts rotate per exam year — re-verify bef](https://www.cambridgeinternational.org/programmes-and-qualifications/cambridge-igcse-literature-english-0475/)
- **required** · 10th grade — [source: Prescribed set text for Cambridge IGCSE Literature in English (0475), Papers 2 and 3 (Drama), for examination in 2027. Transcribed from the official Cambridge International syllabus (721333-2027-syllabus.pdf). Set texts rotate per exam year — re-verify bef](https://www.cambridgeinternational.org/programmes-and-qualifications/cambridge-igcse-literature-english-0475/)

### IB Diploma Programme — English A: Literature

- **recommended** · 11th grade — [source: William Shakespeare is on the IB Diploma Programme English A: Literature Prescribed Reading List (author-eligible; schools select from the full PRL). Verified via independent author-roster cross-reference, 2026-09-04.](https://www.ibo.org/programmes/diploma-programme/)
- **recommended** · 12th grade — [source: William Shakespeare is on the IB Diploma Programme English A: Literature Prescribed Reading List (author-eligible; schools select from the full PRL). Verified via independent author-roster cross-reference, 2026-09-04.](https://www.ibo.org/programmes/diploma-programme/)

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