Friday, 23 August 2024

Dream And Tempest

There is some kind of orchestral performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream on TV. 

The Dream and The Tempest are the two Shakespeare plays that link Poul Anderson and Neil Gaimain:

Gaiman's The Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream is about the first performance of the Dream before Auberon's court;

Gaiman's The Sandman: The Tempest is about the writing of The Tempest;

Anderson's A Midsummer Tempest is a sequel to both plays.

The Sandman and A Midsummer Tempest are each part of a fictional multiverse. Gaiman's characters meet in the Inn of the Worlds' End whereas Anderson's meet in the Old Phoenix: two free houses that are not part of any realm or domain.

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

It would be great if there actually was an Old Phoenix Inn! Or something analogous to it in the real multiverse.

Ad astra! Sean