A Review of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is an excellent, humorous play written by Shakespeare. It is highly characteristic of Shakespeare, bringing several subplots into one masterful story. I have seen this play presented in a classical format and I found it thoroughly entertaining. Directed by Robin McKee, UNL’s March 27th performance of Shakespeare’s comedy was most definitely entertaining, but not because it was well done. I found the drama laughable, though the comedy did not come from Shakespeare’s clever writings. In fact, the presentation of this play seemed to ignore much of the script’s original wit and focused completely on a ludicrous setting. By setting the classical piece in the sixties, the audience’s attention was diverted from the quality of the drama’s phrasing. On top of these atrociti
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