Fairies? Don't Be Ridiculous!; In Latest 'Midsummer Night's Dream,' Some Silly Notions--Sigh--Still Prevail

From: The Washington Post | Date: May 30, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

The fairies are always trouble.

Any time a production or film of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is announced, a single worrying thought may shoot into the regular theatergoer's mind: "I hope the fairies aren't embarrassing." Vain hope. I'm trying to think of a production I've seen where they weren't embarrassing--that is to say, where they didn't look so silly that their part of the play became about . . . well, about how silly the actors playing the fairies looked.

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