Word: pyramus
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...leaden and hasty. Reset for no discernible reason from ancient Athens to 19th century Tuscany, it focuses on the fun stuff--the fairies who inhabit the damp but enchanted wood, the rude mechanicals (led by Kevin Kline's hammy but well-cured Bottom) and their awful-wonderful production of Pyramus and Thisbe...
...forest primeval--and with a little help from magic dispersed by the minions of Oberon, king of the fairies--these relationships grow more complicated, and true love turns false through mistaken spells. Add in a band of workers rehearsing a play about Pyramus and Thisbe; Titania, the queen of the fairies and the butt of Oberon's a cruel trick; and some cacophony from "Love Juice," and the play is on its merry...
Among those playing the workers who are for the first time practicing Pyramus and Thisbe, Lee Thomson is a charming and domineering Nick Bottom. He effectively overacts when he assumes the role of Pyramus...