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A Midsummer Night's Droll archiveA wild, rough, raucous and drunken reimagining; a version of A Midsummer Night's Dream from the 1640's, originally adapted for illegal performance in pubs and back alleys whilst theatre was outlawed, over 350 years ago. "The Merry Conceited Humours of Bottom the Weaver" has remained unperformed ever since. Until now. In 1642 the Puritans overthrew the English monarchy; they beheaded the King, banned Christmas, and made all theatre illegal. But theatre didn't die. Without a stage, without costumes, without props, theatre fell into the gutters, kept alive by an array of strange, ridiculous, over-the-top, chaotic and criminal plays, which their dissolute performers called Drolls. Performed illegally in back alleys, private homes, pubs and country fairs, of these bizarre, bastardised and boisterous sketch comedies one of the most famous and most popular was an extraordinary adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream, shifting Bottom to centre stage as the star, and delving even deeper into renaissance fairy folklore.

Cast/Performers

Brice (Bottom / Pyramus), James Carney (Quince / Oberon / Duke / Prologue), Dan Van Garrett (Flute / Pugg / Egaeus / Thisbe), Laura Romer-Ormiston (Snug / Titania / Dutchess / Lyon), Duncan Hendry (Starveling / Fairies / |Lord / Moonshine), Jonathan Ashby-Rock (Snout / Fairies / Wall), Marco Violino (Snout / Fairies / Wall)

Creatives/Company

Company: Owle Schreame
Director: Brice Stratford
Producer: Brice Stratford
Costume(s): Amelie Rousseau, Laura Romer-Ormiston
Design: Laura Romer-Ormiston (puppets)

A Midsummer Night's Droll

A Midsummer Night's Droll (Play) production archive for QTIX code T01449195878. Details of all A Midsummer Night's Droll archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S01659342435

Archive Listings

31 Jul 19
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26 Aug 19
Gilded Balloon
Edinburgh
Performance Details => Venue archive
13 Mar 19
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17 Mar 19
The Vaults
Inner London, Greater London
Performance Details => Venue archive

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No UKTW or User reviews available.
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