Reader Reviews
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon)
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 | I rated the original RST version of this production a 5. This time, although there are some nice developments, with the wonderful fairies even funnier now, this cast is not quite as effective somehow. Still, well worth catching though and probably unfair to criticise on those grounds. - Welthorpe | 10 Oct 08 |
| Great stuff. Homage to the red feather of Peter Hall [ o so long ago but never forgotten] in the red moon at the start and the aerial work which in this production added rather than took away as in so many up and downs. The mechanicals are beautifully distinguished and the Brummie accent works v well. Not many people in the audience have this accent , sad to say but it is so much better than the cod cockney most prods use and here it brings an earthy reality to the group. Love the fairies, love the lovers, every move earned [ contrast the Shrew erratic and silly slapstick] What would we do without our Greg, a much underappreciated director who actually knows his stuff. Good on yer, from an ex Brummie.5 stars, sorry missed the box last time! - Lynette | 20 Jul 08 |
| Great stuff. Homage to the red feather of Peter Hall [ o so long ago but never forgotten] in the red moon at the start and the aerial work which in this production added rather than took away as in so many up and downs. The mechanicals are beautifully distinguished and the Brummie accent works v well. Not many people in the audience have this accent , sad to say but it is so much better than the cod cockney most prods use and here it brings an earthy reality to the group. Love the fairies, love the lovers, every move earned [ contrast the Shrew erratic and silly slapstick] What would we do without our Greg, a much underappreciated director who actually knows his stuff. Good on yer, from an ex Brummie. - Lynette | 20 Jul 08 |
