The director of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Michael Hoffman, partially modernized the drama by changing it from 16th century in Greece to the turn of the 19th Century in Italy. The opening credits explain that it was a time when the bustle was on the wane and the bicycle was on the rise. These were considered harmonizing trends. These modernizations weren't too modern, and his changes to the original story were minor and almost unnoticeable. But the film turned out a success with some effective touches here and there.

The bicycle allowed for the characters to "pedal" after each other rather than chasing each other around on foot. It was a successful change that added a touch of humour and a little more inter

Along with many more great effects, such as Titania's entrance to the woods, the black magic hat which turns Bottom into a donkey, and the "rebirth" of the four lovers, when all combined make a great adaptation of the play A Midsummer Night's Dream.

At the beginning of the film we are servants preparing for Theseus' wedding day. This instantly shows that Theseus has power and is high in society.

We are then introduced to the mechanicals. The director of this film arranged for the camera to pass by Bottom the first time as a donkey walked in front of his face. Later in the film, Puck changes Bottom's head into that of an ass. Also, in the book, we were not introduced to Bottom's wife. In the film, she was added to give us some background about B

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