Midsummer Night's Dream, originally uploaded by M+MD.
The Trinity College drama society, "Players" ran a Shakespeare festival last week. The British Shakespeare Company were invited to perform Midsummer Night's Dream in the open air. There is a lovely little square referred to as the rose garden which was an ideal venue. We went to the performance last night and it was wonderful. The setting was great and it was a lovely summers evening. They had set up tiered seating for about 300 people on one side of the little square and it was sold out! The play itself is such fun - it's set in ancient Athens with Elizabethan clothing. There are fairies kings queens and dukes. There is magic and farce. There are a bunch of amateur actors rehearsing and performing a play and of course a happy ending. Even though the language is all old Shakespearean English the wit and the humour shines through very clearly. The timelessness of Shakespeare is amazing, it just made you want to go out and see another Shakespeare play immediately!
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