Nightlighters Dance: Midsummer Night's Dream

Quotation To Remember: "Lord, what fools these mortals be!"
— Puck's gleeful comment on the fallings in and out of love of Helena, Hermia, Lysander, and Demetrius.

Did You Know? - The term "swing dancing" is often extended to include other dances that do not have certain characteristics of traditional swing dances: West Coast Swing, Carolina Shag, East Coast Swing, Hand Dancing, Jive, Rock and Roll, Modern Jive, and other dances developed during the 1940s and later.

Did You Know? - The word 'love' appears 2,191 times in the complete works. The number is based on the 1864 Globe Edition – the amount could vary slightly from edition to edition. Altogether, there are 28,829 unique word forms in all of Shakespeare's works, and 12,493 occur only once.

Did You Know? - Name That Tune is an American television game show that put two contestants against each other to test their knowledge of songs. Premiering in the United States on NBC Radio in 1952, the show was created and produced by Harry Salter and his wife Roberta.

Name That Tune ran from 1953–59 on NBC and CBS in prime time. The first hosts were Red Benson and later Bill Cullen, but George DeWitt became most identified with the show. The series finished at #30 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1956-1957 season.

Did You Know? - William Shakespeare gave us many sayings used to this very day!

All our yesterdays"— (Macbeth)
"As good luck would have it" — (The Merry Wives of Windsor)
"As merry as the day is long" — (Much Ado About Nothing / King John)
"Bated breath" — (The Merchant of Venice)
"Be-all and the end-all" — (Macbeth)
"Neither a borrower nor a lender be" — (Hamlet)
"Brave new world" — (The Tempest)
"Break the ice" — (The Taming of the Shrew)
"Brevity is the soul of wit" — (Hamlet)
"Refuse to budge an inch" — (Measure for Measure / The Taming of the Shrew)
"Cold comfort" — (The Taming of the Shrew / King John)
"Conscience does make cowards of us all" — (Hamlet)
"Crack of doom" — (Macbeth)
"Dead as a doornail" — (Henry VI Part II)
"A dish fit for the gods" — (Julius Caesar)
"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war" — (Julius Caesar)
"Devil incarnate" — (Titus Andronicus / Henry V)
"Eaten me out of house and home" — (Henry IV Part II)
"Faint hearted" — (Henry VI Part I)
"Fancy-free" — (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
"Forever and a day" — (As You Like It)
"For goodness' sake" — (Henry VIII)
"Foregone conclusion" — (Othello)
"Full circle" — (King Lear)
"The game is afoot" — (Henry IV Part I)
"Give the devil his due" — (Henry IV Part I)
"Good riddance" — (Troilus and Cressida)
"Jealousy is the green-eyed monster" — (Othello)
"Heart of gold" — (Henry V)
"Hoist with his own petard" — (Hamlet)
"Ill wind which blows no man to good" — (Henry IV Part II)
"In my heart of hearts" — (Hamlet)
"In my mind's eye" — (Hamlet)
"Kill with kindness" — (The Taming of the Shrew)
"Knock knock! Who's there?" — (Macbeth)
"Laughing stock" — (The Merry Wives of Windsor)
"Live long day" — (Julius Caesar)
"Love is blind" — (The Merchant of Venice)
"Milk of human kindness" — (Macbeth)
"More sinned against than sinning" — (King Lear)
"One fell swoop" — (Macbeth)
"Play fast and loose" — (King John)
"Set my teeth on edge" — (Henry IV Part I)
"Wear my heart upon my sleeve" — (Othello)
"Wild-goose chase" — (Romeo and Juliet)

Quotation To Remember: "Swift as a shadow, short as any dream; Brief as the lightning in the collied night."   — Lysander describes to Hermia how quickly true love can be destroyed.