A Midsummer Night's Dream
A User's Guide
Description
An intensely practical account of how A Midsummer Night's Dream actually works on stage.
A scene-by-scene guide to Shakespeare's best loved comedy, from the well-know actor Michael Pennington, drawing on his own experience of directing A Midsummer Night's Dream at the famous Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park, London, in 2003—described by London critics as 'a captivating Shakespearian experience' (Guardian) and 'riotously funny and genuinely touching' (Telegraph).
Reviews
"An insider's guide par excellence."
- Simon Callow
"It is his range of knowledge - along with a gift for writing clearly and memorably - that makes him such a fine guide."
- TLS
"He is sharply intelligent, scrupulously careful, hugely knowledgeable and, above all, wonderfully readable."
- Peter Holland, The Shakespeare Institute