A Midsummer Night's Dream
From: Tuesday, 9th February 2010
To: Saturday, 20 March 2010
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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.
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Michael Coveney - 16 February 2010
The last time Judi Dench played Titania for Peter Hall (in a mud-splattered 1969 film) she was virtually naked. And Diana Rigg played Helena.
Sir Peter’s Rose Theatre revival sees Dame Judi, again as Titania, in full Elizabethan fig as a sprightly red-headed Gloriana, and Dame Di’s daughter, Rachael Stirling, as a husky-voiced, lissome and sexually adventurous Helena.
In both cases, the performances are infinitely superior to their first versions, and Hall’s production pullulates not only with wonderful verse speaking in this most musical of Shakespearean comedies, but also with a wisdom and spiritual generosity that can only come from age and experience.
The director now has the full measure of the Mozartian elements in the comedies; this Dream is presented as a courtly commission of the Queen who inspects the playbill in a pre-echo of the last act entertainment on the lovers’ wedding day at night.
The arrangement harks back to productions of thi...
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Jane Anderson - 12 March 2010:
Saw MND last night, and was delighted at how funny it was! Although Dame Judi is not on stage for very long, her skill at portraying a woman hopelessly in love with a donkey was amazing - it was tender and convincing. The comedy of the mechanicals drew much laughter from the audience. The Rose deserves to do well: it's a great theatre, and we are lucky to have it in Kingston....
Cast
Judi Dench (Dame - Titania)
Charles Edward (Oberon)
Oliver Chris (Bottom)
Ben Mansfield (Lysander)
Rachael Stirling (Helena)
William Chubb
Msimisi Diamini
Richard Keightley
James Laurenson
Reece Ritchie
Susan Salmon
Annabel Scholey
Simon Scott
Sophie Scott
Timothy Speyer
Julian Wadham
Leon Williams
Tam Williams
Creative
Shakespeare (Author)
Peter Hall (Producer)
Rose Theatre Kingston (Producer)
Peter Hall (Sir) (Director)
Elizabeth Bury (Design)
Gregory Clarke (Sound)
Peter Mumford (Lighting)
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