This is an intriguing staging of Shakespeare’s great fairy-and-rustics comedy. The trilling strings in the background give it a bit of a sinister edge in places. The performance of Bottom the Weaver is one of the best I’ve seen. Most fascinating is the switch-up of Oberon and Titania’s roles (she being played by the towering Gwendoline Christie of Game of Thrones fame), swapping their dialogue from the original. Shakespeare can definitely withstand the tinkering. Check it out.
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