Published on May 13, 2014

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Genre: NCPA

Dates: Jun 10-15, 2014

Venue: Multi-functional Theatre of NCPA

Prices: 180, 240, 300

Features: Academy Award-winning actor Tim Robbins' Actors Gang will come to Beijing, to presents Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream at Multi-functional Theatre of NCPA from June 10th-15th.

BRIEF INTRODUCTION

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors, who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world.

Tim Robbins, the Actors Gang's artistic director, will direct the China performances. He is best known for his Oscar-winning supporting role in The Shawshank Redemption, and for baseball movie Bull Durham.

“This is one of my favorite Shakespeare plays—there are so many layers of truth, untruth, dream, reality, magic and deception. A marital dispute puts the universe in disorder and the confusion that emerges is dangerous and full of outrageous behavior and wildly funny.” – Director, Tim Robbins

This workshop production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream will be presented with minimal costumes, props and scenery, relying mainly on the creative imagination of its players to realize Shakespeare’s magical world.

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