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...there's one hitch. The doubling of Bottom and Oberon is quite possible--except for one critical scene well along in the play (IV, i), where Bottom, with his noggin transformed into an ass' head, and Oberon must both appear and speak on stage. We are told that Anthony of Padua, Philip Neri and other saints of eld were capable of bilocation. Are they now to be joined by Saint Cyril? The suspense is hardly bearable; and the answer turns out to be: yes, apparently. Bottom appears; yes, it's Ritchard's voice all right. Titaniz puts him to sleep...
...present instance, it should come as no surprise that Ritchard's Dream is diffuse and disoriented. It needed, and needs, a full-time director. As an actor, Ritchard does make a credible Oberon, imbuing him with a fitting amount of hauteur and mockery. His Bottom, though cockney, is not cocksure; it is too bland and superficial. This is a pity, for Bottom is the first of Shakespeare's great comic creations...
Jane Farnol, who plays Oberon's fairy queen, Titania, has a problem with here sibilants, but also has the pleasure of actually flying in through the air on a bowery cloud, looking for all the world like some goddess in a Baroque opera. Theseus (Myles Eason) and his fiancee Hippolyta (Marilyn McKenna) are forgettable portrayals; in fact, I've forgotten them...
...identical low-necked, high-waisted white gowns, with a blue sash for Helena and a pink one for Hermia. The "mechanicals" are outfitted in rough reds, oranges, and yellows. Fletcher had, paradoxically, a field day with the forest folk--Titania and her fairies in green and pink, the bicorn Oberon and his winged retinue in sequined blues...
...identical low-necked, high-waisted white gowns, with a blue sash for Helena and a pink one for Hermia. The "mechanicals" are outfitted in rough reds, oranges, and yellows. Fletcher had, paradoxically, a field day with the forest folk--Titania and her fairies in green and pink, the bicorn Oberon and his winged retinue in sequined blues...