read for Popsugar 2019 Advanced Reading Challenge: a book that inspired a common phrase or idiom, "brave new world," and "in a pickle"

I saw a live performance of this play in January 2019 with an all female cast (which is only how Shakespeare should be performed for awhile just to make things even!), and I enjoyed it but it felt like something was missing. As the play ended my friend and I both went "oh that's it?" and I felt the same way again listening to this performance, although I did get a greater appreciation for the language having been exposed to it one and understanding the general plot.

My favorite bits were Trunculo and Stefano. The actors in the live production did so well and the audience was howling. That's missing from this recording, but since there's no audience reactions it can be hard to get into the true hilarity. Which goes to show that while Shakespeare's comedy bits might read just averagely if you're looking at the text - it can really blossom in a production.