Cultural Opportunity- A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Going to Bloomington last Sunday to see the play was actually alright. I was very skeptical of seeing any play because of the long acts and short intermissions. The start of the play kind of had a slow start to me being that the language was very difficult to understand. I loved the amateur actors the workmen I think they made the play better especially the last act of the play; they were very comical. The leader of the crew Bottom stole the show for me he was really good. I also like the fairy Puck I believe that was his name he was comical at times too. I think plays should have a little comical scenes in it so that it keeps the audience attention that is what help me stay awake, being that is was Shakespeare I really didn’t think it would have any comedy coming from Shakespeare just because I think he is a more tragic type of writer which I could be wrong. The second half of the play is when I started to put the pieces together after figuring out what was happening in the play it became more interesting and better to understand the language. The play was not modern they wore the outfits and spoke in the language that was dated from that time period which was the 1500’s I believe but in all this romantic comedy was not all that bad and not all that long either. The actors and actresses really did a good job. I know next time to read some background information about the play before I try to sit down and watch one especially if it’s not in modern English language.