A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the Backyard
Most Tragical, Ham-Handed Rendition
of
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
again
The Kahle Brothers and Illustrious Sprites
Why in the world would you go to all that trouble, scripts and funny hats and plastic swords and lion masks and all? Why would you do it year after year, 22 +/-? Because of moments like this. (Act II Sc 2), or the dignified woman wailing “use me but as your spaniel!” (Act II Sc 1) or the slow reader chewing his way through six lines of Elizabethan English (Act II Sc 1) to tumultuous applause.
We go for moments of Dramatic Relief. We have the luxury of playing with pure gold.
If you could, why the hell wouldn’t you?
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June 20, 2019