While viewing this production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, it was clear to the audience the intentions of the playwright. This was a story of love during the longest night is the summer season, and a story of immortals interfering with the relationships of mortal relationships. The play was intended to be comedic. Its dialogue contained much euphemism and perverted gestures, such as when the craftsmen performed their play before the Duke, there was a hole in the wall between the craftsman’s legs, and through this hole people kissed. It provoked good laughs out of the audience.

As far as I know, the director kept the production true to the playwright’s intentions, although, as far as I understand, the play was cut significantly for time’s purpose. When interpreting a script, an actor or actress can put his or h

The script, by William Shakespeare, was of course written the best it could have possibly been written. This was a great story, which begins slowly, to set up the second half of the play. The depiction of two separate worlds was clear, and the meekness of mortals versus the faeries was shown well.

The use of lighting, especially involving anything to do with the faeries and the use of the red lights used for Puck to freeze time, were well planned and had good timing. This gave the needed detail to help explain the involvement and the power of the faeries between the two worlds.

The actors did a proficient job in recreating their characters. As a member of the audience, I took the sides of the well intentioned characters such as Lysander, Hermia’s lover, and despised others such as Egeus, the father of Hermia. It was clear to an observer, the intentions of

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