The Dreaming: Waking Hours Vol 1 4

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"The Bard and the Bard, Part Four"
The Dreaming: Waking Hours Vol 1 #4
January, 2021
Rated M for Mature (18+)
Publisher	DC Black Label
Executive Editor	Mark Doyle
Cover Artists	Jeremy Wilson
The Bard and the Bard, Part Four
Writers	G. Willow Wilson
Pencilers	Nick Robles
Inkers	Nick Robles
Colorists	Mat Lopes
Letterers	Simon Bowland
Editors	Chris Conroy Arianna Turturro
Previous Issue	The Dreaming: Waking Hours # 3
Next Issue	The Dreaming: Waking Hours # 5

Something has changed... something is happening... this isn't just my dream anymore...

— Lindy Morris

The Dreaming: Waking Hours #4 is an issue of the series The Dreaming: Waking Hours (Volume 1) with a cover date of January, 2021. It was published on November 3, 2020.

Appearing in "The Bard and the Bard, Part Four"

Featured Characters:

• Jophiel
• Heather After
• Lindy Morris
• Ruin

Supporting Characters:

• Anne Hathaway Morris (Unnamed)
• Dora
• Todd (Heather After's boyfriend) (First appearance)
• William Shakespeare (In dream sequence only)
  • Illuminati Shakespeare (In dream sequence only)

Antagonists:

• Dream (Daniel Hall)
  • Brute
  • Glob
  • Lucien

Other Characters:

• Angels (Also in a dream sequence)
• Dream (Morpheus) (As an illusion only)
• Fairies (As an illusion only)
  • King Auberon (As an illusion only)
  • Queen Titania (As an illusion only)
• Merlin (Unnamed) (In dream sequence only) (Cameo)
• Ogres (Cameo)
• The Unseelie (First appearance; unnamed) (As an illusion only)
  • Boggarts (As an illusion only)
  • Elves (As an illusion only) (Cameo)
  • Gnomes (As an illusion only) (Cameo)
  • Goblins (As an illusion only)
  • Nixies (As an illusion only)
  • Peasblossom (First appearance; unnamed) (As an illusion only)
  • Puck (As an illusion only)
  • Unicorns (As an illusion only) (Cameo)
• Hamnet Shakespeare (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Professor Dunbar (Mentioned only)
• William Rowley (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Multiverse
  • Earth 0/"Waking World"
    • England
      • Sussex (As an illusion only)
    • United States of America
      • New Jersey
        • Old Branch
          • Heather After's House
  • Sphere of the Gods
    • The Dreaming
      • Palace of Dreams (Cameo)
      • Stratford House/"Shakespeare Multiverse"
        • The Garden
      • Faerie (Mentioned only)
    • Worlds' End
      • The Worlds' End Inn

Items:

• Box of Nightmares (Mentioned only)

Concepts:

• Free House
• Magic
  

Notes

• This story confirms that the events of Sandman (Volume 2) #19 also happened in the Post-Flashpoint continuity.
  • In this story, the Dreaming reminisces Shakespeare and his company staging A Midsummer Night's Dream for Lord Morpheus and the Faerie's Royal Court.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the The Dreaming: Waking Hours series
• Images from The Dreaming: Waking Hours Vol 1 4

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