Six things to look for when you watch "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

Having loved acting and directing

Having acted,directed, taught The Bard’s plays in my career, I appreciate your coverage of productions around the country. When you noted The Bard’s inclusion of so many flowers in MND and other plays, I want to mention that Ellen Geer and her family at Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga Canyon near Los Angeles has a Shakespeare Garden with a number of those flowers. I can recall that Ellen started a similar garden near The Tyrone Guthrie Theatre when were both in the company in the premiere season of that distinguished theatre.
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[…] At the Atlanta Shakespeare Company’s Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is on through Sunday, July 29. We asked Samantha Smith, the company’s Education and Development Coordinator, what she looks for in a production of Midsummer. Check out her answer in our recent post, “Six things to look for when you watch A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” […]

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