1. Generational Homogeineity in American Theatre
... of Midsummer far more complicated, as the confused couplings in the narrative involved homosexual characters being tricked into heterosexual relationships, and vise-versa. The removal of the mechanicals resulted in a plot line that involved Puck turning herself (the role was cast against the gender norm) into an ass who is sleeping with Titania, the wife of her boss (Oberon). The net ... reaction from Shakespeare's audience to the original text, which was risque in its time, through radically altering it to meet with the expectations of contemporary young adults, for whom the plot as wri...
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