Hugh Bonneville explores why A Midsummer Night's Dream, the most magical of Shakespeare's comedies, catches so many people's imagination. Bonneville, who has played both Lysander and Oberon, discovers the inspiration for the play and finds out why it is considered to be Shakespeare's first "mature" masterpiece.

Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on October 01, 2015.

A Midsummer Night's Dream --(1:24) -- The Globe Theater -- (1:56) -- Directing the Supernatural Play -- (2:30) -- The World of the Woods -- (4:15) -- Dynamic Character Relationships -- (3:42) -- James Cagney as Bottom -- (2:24) -- Rude Mechanicals -- (4:04) -- Bottom: A Comic Role -- (2:14) -- Shakespear's Fairy World -- (2:22) -- Queen Elizabeth's Love Story -- (0:0-4) -- Director Julie Taymor's Rendition -- (6:45) -- Tangled Love -- (4:21) -- Backgorund Music of the Couples Quarrel -- (2:09) -- Plot Progression -- (2:47) -- Modernist Production -- (2:22) -- The Final Act -- (4:10) -- Do You Believe in Love? -- (3:40) -- Credits: A Midsummer Night's Dream with Hugh Bonneville: Shakespeare Uncovered -- (Series 2) (1:58).