Starting Wednesday, Marshall University's Theatre Alliance is presenting one of my favorite Shakespeare plays, the comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream.But this isn't just any old production of the play - the creative team has transplanted it to a more recent setting. Here's a synopsis of the show:
The high modern style of the 1960s defines the urbane and conformist society of Athens, where men are masterful and women are compliant.The show runs Oct. 5, 6, 7 and 8 at 8 p.m. at the Joan C. Edwards Playhouse.
All’s right with the world, until the love dust hits the air on a riotous midsummer night and the children of privilege prove to be unruly.
In Shakespeare’s dream world of reversals, confusion, and shifting realities, the deceptive allure of surface gives way to the deeper mysteries of identity.
Here's a video to whet your appetite:
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