A Midsummer Night's Dream
From: Friday, 4th June 2010
To: Saturday, 31 July 2010
Our Review: 
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Synopsis
On a midsummer's night Hermia and her lover Lysander flee from Athens and Demetrius - the man Hermia's father favours as a son-in-law. Demetrius follows, pursued by Helena who loves him in spite of being spurned in favour of Hermia. On the same night Bottom and his friends leave Athens to find somewhere quiet to rehearse their play which is to be performed at the wedding feast of Duke Theseus. Drawn into the woods they enter a world of magic, mystery and wonder.
Our Review:
10 June 2010
The Stephen Joseph Theatre continues to have the best of both worlds: the planning and productions of innovative Artistic Director Chris Monks together with revivals and new plays by Sir Alan Ayckbourn. However, both the first two productions of what looks to be a fine summer season would remind the curate of his egg.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream uses a cast of 13, including the three actors appearing concurrently in Boston Marriage all of whom prove immensely versatile. The doublings include the now usual Theseus/Oberon and Hyppolyta/Titania, with all the Mechanicals except Bottom taking on a fairy identity – very effective, too, the fairies clearly related to the working men. The common double of Puck with Philostrate doesn’t quite happen, but Puck, a sort of Master of Ceremonies in this production, takes over the Master of the Revels’ Act 5 lines.
The main change textually is to present the Mechanicals as what appears to be the outdoor staff at a big house...
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