Midsummer Nights Dream

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performance at the CalPoly theatre also carried !with it a very
different feel less intense, more child-like and sweet with nearly the
same words. Reading also affects our experience in that without the
text, we would most likely not be able to enjoy Shakespeare at all;
having the text makes Shakespeare widely accessible (available for free
on the web) to all that desire it. Once the script is obtained, anyone
can perform Shakespeare even everyday, non-actor citizens put on
Shakespeare whether it be in parks, at school, or in a forest.
My experience reading Shakepearean plays has shown me that reading
is necessary and fundamental part of grasping the fullness of the works.
I had wanted to read A Midsummer Night's Dream for quite some time.
Besides being a play by Shakespeare, I believe my desire to do so came
from seeing bits and pieces of it done in Hollywood movies like Dead
Poet's Society. I didn't realize how much small exposures like! those
could cause me to ...

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I have gained a new
appreciation for the lasting and foundational qualities of pure script.
Viewing
Viewing a play adds a kind of second dimension to a textual
reading. While our primary impressions of a Shakespearean play are
established with the initial reading, those impressions are challenged
when we come into contact with a play performed. At this point we have
a first hand contrast between how we felt and how someone else felt
about the same play. Once we have sampled another's interpretations we
necessarily question ourselves on what we would have done differently,
had we directed the play. Perhaps something we expected to see on stage
was omitted; perhaps! something ...

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