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Further reading
- Bennett, Carl (7 March 2011). "A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)". Silent Era. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
- Bennett, Carl (n.d.). "Silent Shakespeare: The Milestone Collection 2000 DVD edition". Silent Era. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
- Chaudhuri, Sukanta (2017). A Midsummer Night's Dream. The Arden Shakespeare, third series. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 38. ISBN 9781408142776.
- "A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)". A Cinema History. June 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- Grutchfield, Michael (11 April 2014). "A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)". The Century Film Project. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- "A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909, Charles Kent)". Shakespeare in Performance: Film. Internet Shakespeare Editions. n.d. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- Kaufman, J.B. (April 2016). "A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)". jbkaufman.com. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- Kramer, Fritzi (19 October 2014). "A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909): A Silent Film Review". Movies Silently. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- Kramer, Fritzi (21 November 2016). "Fun Size Review: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)". Movies Silently. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- Lang, Fritz (24 August 2010). "1909 - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Charles Kent & J. Stuart Blackton". FilmAbInitio.blogspot.com. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
