Shakespeare Is My Home Slice

Episode 5: Grab Your Bottom and Go! (MSND 1.2)


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A Midsummer Night's Dream Act 1, Scene 2.

We continue A Midsummer Night's Dream, moving on to Act 1, Scene 2. Here we meet our working class actors who hope to create a production so amazing that the Duke will select them to perform it on his wedding night, and then give them a pension for life. The only problem is that these guys aren't very good actors... or very smart... or very aware of these things. 

Of course they need a place to rehearse in secret, so they plan on meeting in the forest on Midsummer's Night. Where else? Thus, we are lining up all of the many moving pieces in this zany comedy of mistaken identity, unrequited love and the power of imagination. 

Let's get our Bard on!

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Shakespeare Is My Home SliceBy Joel Lederer