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Following their highly praised production of Romeo and Juliet in 2009, SIYT return to Shakespeare and his gloriously lyrical piece weaving the themes of love, dreams and imagination. Midsummer is a complex story of two sets of couples (Hermia & Lysander, Helena & Demetrius) whose romantic cross-purposes are complicated by their entrance into the fairyland woods where the King and Queen of the Fairies (Oberon and Titania) preside and the impish folk character of Puck or Robin Goodfellow plies his trade. Another set of characters—Bottom the weaver and his bumptious band of "rude mechanicals"—stumble into the main doings when they go into the same enchanted woods to rehearse a play. Midsummer will be directed by Tyler Mortimer. This was performed at the Corn Exchange in St. Ives between 9th - 12th March 2011 |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy believed to have been written around 1594 to 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of amateur actors, who are manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world. |
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William Shakespeare - (1564 –1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard". His surviving works consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language, and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway. Between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive, and there has been considerable speculation about his sexuality, religious beliefs, and whether the works attributed to him were written by others. Shakespeare was a respected poet and playwright in his own day, but his reputation did not rise to its present heights until the nineteenth century. His plays remain highly popular today and are constantly performed and reinterpreted in diverse cultural and political contexts throughout the world. |
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| Related Web Sites, Articles and Media Links | |
| Sweet Dream - Hunts Post - 2nd March 2011 | |
| It's a Lawn Winner - Hunts Post - 16th March 2011 | |
