Shakespeares Globe A Midsummer Nights Dream
Hestercombe Gardens
Shakespeares Globe A Midsummer Nights Dream
Wednesday 15 July 2009 - Saturday 18 July 2009
By William Shakespeare
Presented in Hestercombe Gardens
Hermia loves Lysander and Helena loves Demetrius – but Demetrius is supposed to be marrying Hermia. When the Duke of Athens tries to enforce the marriage, the lovers take refuge in the woods outside the city, and walk into the midst of a dispute between the king and queen of the fairies. And they are not alone. So, too, does a group of amateur actors rehearsing a play. Between the angry fairies, the bumbling players and the dazed lovers, flies Puck armed with a love juice capable of making anyone fall for the first person they set eyes upon – no matter how unsuitable.
Shakespeare put some of his most dazzling dramatic poetry at the service of this teasing, glittering, very funny and amazingly inventive play, whose seriousness is fleetingly glimpsed beneath its dreamlike surface.
This performance will take place in the beautiful setting of Hestercombe Gardens and forms part of the Globe’s most ambitious theatre season to date, Young Hearts – artistic director Dominic Dromgoole’s vision to extend the global reach of the venue.
‘The bar for open-air theatre has been raised.’
KENTISH GAZETTE
NEW!
"Wonderful stuff, conveying the very best in energy, sauciness and sheer theatrical joy that alfresco theatre can provide."
VENUE *****
Start Time: Wed - Sat 7.30pm, Sat Mat 3pm
Running Time: 2hrs
Full £15 / 60+ £15 / Conc. £10
Schools £7.50 (Wed only)
Please bring your own rug or low backed seating and feel free to bring along picnics and a glass of something chilled.
