Stratford Festival

My wife and I went to see this year's production of A Midsummer's Night Dream (MND) at the Stratford Festival. MND stands up to a lot of interpretation -- and it survived this one too, although for the life of me, I can't understand why Shakespeare gets reinterpreted. This time, it was reinterpreted and set somewhere in the Spain. The play has stood the test of time -- over 400 years -- really, it's OK folks -- no need to be artsy-fartsy and change the damn play. The Spanish interpretation just distracted from the play. Having said that, the faeries were really cool. They were done very well. I took some pictures while in Stratford -- check them out.

This is me being an artsy. I looked up, liked what I saw, and took a photograph of it. http://www.dabydeen.com This is the lake at the Forest Motel. Quite the scenery. http://www.dabydeen.com Flowers in front of the Festival Theatre, Stratford, Ontario. http://www.dabydeen.com

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