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Description edit
Jack and Annie travel in their magic tree house to Elizabethan London, where they become actors in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and try to rescue a tame bear.
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Characters/People edit
- Jack: An eight-year-old boy who is magically transported with his sister into the world of books by a magic tree house. Jack, just like his sister, can see the Magic Tree House and is able to travel through time. Also he is sort of the "brainiac" of the two and always brings his notepad along with him.
- Annie: A seven-year-old girl who is magically transported with her brother into the world of books by a magic tree house. She's sensitive to animals and her environment and is always willing to take a chance.
- Morgan Le Fay: A magical librarian from the enchanted time of Camelot. She sends Jack and Annie on special missions in the Magic Tree House.
- William Shakespeare: Playing himself
- Dan the Dancing Bear: A bear who is about to be sold to fight dogs for sport until Will buys him for one of his plays.
- Andy: By law, only men and boys were allowed to act in the theater. Annie uses the pseudonym of Andy so she can act in Shakespeare's play.
- Queen Elizabeth I: Queen of England
- Puck: One of the actors in Shakespeare's play
Quotes edit
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“All the world's a stage.”
William Shakespeare
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Setting & Locations edit
Merry Olde England
- London Bridge: Where the Tree House drops Jack and Annie off
- Frog Creek, Pennsylvania: Where Jack and Annie live.
- Magic Tree House: The tree house in the woods that take Jack and Annie everywhere.
- The Globe Theater: Where William Shakespeare put on his plays.
First Sentence edit
Jack and Annie sat on their porch.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue
1. Special Magic
2. London Bridge
3. The Bear Garden
4. A Midsummer Night's Dream
5. Stage Fright
6. Onstage!
7. In the Forest, in the Night
8. The Most Important Person
9. Sweet Sorrow
10. Our Will?
Series & Lists edit
This is book 25 of 48 in Magic Tree House. (standard series)
Preceded by Earthquake in the Early Morning, and followed by Good Morning, Gorillas.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Mary Pope Osborne (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Random House Childrens Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: March 2002
ISBN: 0375806113
Page Count: 96
Publisher: Random House Childrens Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: March 2002
ISBN: 0375806113
Page Count: 96
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