What is the best translation of A Midsummer Night's Dream?

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For most readers, the Folger Shakespeare Library translation (1993) of A Midsummer Night's Dream is the best place to start: For almost everyone, the Folger is the right Midsummer Night's Dream — facing-page glosses keep the wordplay and the fairy mischief clear, with scene-by-scene synopses. Cheap, and the classroom standard. This is where I'd start. For most scholarly, consider Arden (3rd series) (2017). For best one-volume scholarly, consider Oxford Shakespeare (1994). For for beginners, consider No Fear Shakespeare (2003). For free, consider Free (public domain) (1600).

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