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A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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Seasonal affect in order

Robert Cushman National Post 30/08/09 http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/movies/story.html?id=1938133

"One of the joys of Stratford's latest Midsummer Night's Dream is seeing Geraint Wyn Davies play a Shakespearean role in which he remains alive into the second act...I've never seen a better performance of Bottom than Wyn Davies'..."

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This version of Midsummer Night’s Dream is a nightmare

Robert Reid The Record 24/08/09 http://news.therecord.com/arts/article/588417

Reid writes that despite containing some of the most glorious poetry..."you wouldn’t know it from this leering, sneering production, full as it is with angry yelling, angry shouting and angry screaming." For more this subject read Bill Casselman's piece about Stratford actors and the poetry of Macbeth.

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This Dream is the best Bard of the summer

J. Kelly Nestruck The Globe and Mail 24/08/09 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/theatre/this-dream-is-the-best-bard-of-the-summer/article1261877/

Nestruck writes that Geraint Wyn Davies gives a truly classic turn in a production that "is entertaining, full of insight and never half-assed - well, except, of course, for Bottom."

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Shakespeare in leather just doesn’t rock

Robert Crew The Toronto Star 24/08/09 http://www.thestar.com/theatre/stratford/article/685483

1  1/2 stars out of 4: "I don't care how many productions of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream you've seen, I can almost guarantee that you never witnessed anything quite like the one that has just opened at the Stratford Festival."

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Dream missing magic

John Coulbourn London Free Press 24/08/09 http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Today/Entertainment/2009/08/24/10580831-sun.html

Coulbourn writes that Geraint Wyn Davies "comes close to stealing the show" but  adds "this show is devoid not only of the kind of theatrical magic needed to bring it to life, but of the poetry, the textual clarity and the passion that would make it soar as well."

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