I love the way that we see the London of 1599 through the eyes of a young boy who’s barely a teenager yet. He finds out that he is to take part in William Shakespeare’s production of The Dream that is to be performed for the Queen herself, and nobody seems to know that he isn’t actually the real Nathanial Field who’s place he has taken. But on his arrival in England, Nat falls deathly ill and wakes up in the year 1599. And Nat is good at what he does and he’s excited. Nat is to play Puck, the witty spirit who causes most of the trouble in the play. They’re going to perform Julius Caesar and A Midsummer Night’s Dream just the way that Shakespeare intended it – with only male actors. Nat Field is a brilliant, young American actor who has been chosen by a very strict and eccentric director to perform in a Company of Boys who are set to perform at the New Globe (this story takes place in 1999). This book is the kind of book that I read and think to myself, ‘Damn, I wish I had written that.’ But maybe there’s more to it than just that. I love Shakespeare more than most things in this world. Did this book spark my immense love of Shakespeare? Probably. But I think this was the first time that I read a book that I was supposed to be studying and really enjoyed it. I read this book during my O Levels, as it was part of the exam and I had to study it.
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