A Midsummer Dance Dream: A Fantastic Comedy in One Act (1915) - Tapa dura

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It is unique in its double appeal, to the student and to the casual observer. It has never had an unfavorable press comment. These are a few of its many professional endorsements :H aving produced A MIDSUMMER DANCE DREAM with great success in three different cities, I can heartily recommend it to professionals and amateurs. Jessie Bonstelle. A rollicking satire. ... It was enthusiastically received. Neic York Dramatic Mirror. To paraphrase a bit, plays the thing. The program announces the fantasy as by Anna Bird Stewart and William Shakespeare. The latter, of course, was not present to defend himself. If he had been he would have revelled in the merriment created when his sage utterances were garbled by the participants in this frolic, and have cherished no resentment at the piecemeal manner in which his choicest thoughts were served by the characters, each of which was drawn with such fidelity as to be readily distinguishable. Detroit Free Press. The closing play was the most delightful and amusing of all .. .M iss Stewart splay has both daintiness and spirit. ... It is truly a fantasy, but one which cannot fail to please, and will undoubtedly prove the success of the bill. Herald, Northampton, Mass. (the home of Smith College). Miss Stewart plays most cunningly and skilfully with the lines of the bard, revising them and bringing them up to the minute in a manner worthy of a poet, such as she herself is. Of course, the travesty is exceedingly funny, but in spite of the fact that it is a trayesty, it is most artistically presented and those who present ife deserve highest commendation. Buffalo Enquirer. A MIDSUMMER DANCE DREAM was read at the meeting of theS hakespeare Club of New York City, and was thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated for its cleverness in so usingS hakespeare slines as to make the characters and their speeches entirely consistent and interes
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