Saturday, December 27, 2008

The Last Time They Dreamt

In anticipation of the re-staging of A Midsummer Night's Dream, here are some reviews from the first go round.

Maxwell Cooter of WhatsOnStage.com said he's "never heard an audience laugh so much at any Midsummer Night's Dream" after calling the production "stimulating and entertaining," while Judi Herman gives us a brief sketch of what each actor brought to his part (same link).

Philip Fisher's review at the British Theatre Guide is shorter, but echoes the sentiments that in a Dream-filled world, this is one that won't put you to sleep, giving particular props to Simon Scardifield and Robert Hands.

Over at CurtainUp, Lizzie Loveridge reflects on how Propeller uses the all-male convention and then takes us through the various aspects of the production, giving an over all feel for the whole.

Meanwhile, in the city where cynical never sleeps, Margo Jefferson heralds how "everything about this production invigorates the play" and wonders at how there exists "such human sweetness...and such generous virtuosity" in her review for The New York Times.

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