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** Pictured above is Henry Fuseli's //Titania and Bottom// (circa 1790). **
 * Visual Arts:**

** William Blake painted countless scenes from //Midsummer//, but the one featured above is his most notable work. This piece, created around 1786, is entitled //Oberon, Titania, and Puck with Fairies Dancing.// **

**Film:** media type="youtube" key="NCdcRvRlzHQ" height="385" width="480" This is the trailer for Director Michael Hoffman's 1999 //A Midsummer Night's Dream//. The star-studded cast included Michelle Pfeiffer as Titania, Stanley Tucci as Puck, Christian Bale as Demetrius, and Calista Flockhart as Helena.

**Stage:** media type="youtube" key="Xb-Gwka-tpQ" height="385" width="480" The video above was recorded from a high school production of Shakespeare's work. This specific clip is from Scene II of Act III.

media type="youtube" key="RpGv5wqy0VI" height="385" width="480" Taken from another stage production, this clip is from Chicago's Kayos Theatre Company. Preformed here is Act III's first scene.

**Print:** ** Above is the April 23, 1894 cover of //Puck Magazine//. This magazine was the first ever humor periodical in the United States. It was created and published in [|this building] which might just look familiar. **

**Television:** media type="youtube" key="3i8unA3hBdU" height="385" width="480" Perhaps the most enjoyable clip on this page, this video is from the animated series known as //Animaniacs.//