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I've been seeing gifs and photos of the Globe Theatre's 2013 production of A Midsummer's Night Dream floating around Tumblr for years (...mostly of the Oberon/Puck kiss, because Tumblr) so it was very cool to get the chance to actually see the show!!!
The group of mechanicals with theatrical aspirations were the highlight of the play by far, although Oberon and Puck were a close second, at least once they got to the "plotting mischief" stage of the plot and the two actors could play off of each other, which they did excellently. (Prior to that, the actor who played Oberon seems to have received stage directions of "shout all of your lines as loudly as possible, because you are filled with RAGE," which was... a choice?)
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The show will be available on YouTube until June 28!
The group of mechanicals with theatrical aspirations were the highlight of the play by far, although Oberon and Puck were a close second, at least once they got to the "plotting mischief" stage of the plot and the two actors could play off of each other, which they did excellently. (Prior to that, the actor who played Oberon seems to have received stage directions of "shout all of your lines as loudly as possible, because you are filled with RAGE," which was... a choice?)
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The show will be available on YouTube until June 28!
