“Waiting for the dream,” based on Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” at the Grand Logis in Bruz
Would Shakespeare have recognized his “Midsummer Night’s Dream” in Irina Brook’s spirited and brilliant adaptation entitled “Waiting for the Dream”? I think there is no doubt that he would, even if the play has been somewhat shortened and the translator sometimes takes a few liberties.
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CONCEPT: The fictional “Compagnie Internationale d’Athènes” (CIA) was scheduled to present A Midsummer Night’s Dream, but when the actors, sets, and costumes failed to arrive, six technicians performed the play with whatever materials they could find. Created as a stripped-down, highly mobile production designed to be performed in non-traditional spaces—fields, village squares, community halls—bringing theatre […]