’60s sights, sounds alter of Dream’
Director says decade, play perfect fit
By Liza Holtmeier
Senior staff writer
When he wrote “A Midsummer
Night’s Dream,” Shakespeare never
used the word “groovy.”
But that’s how the director of the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln pro
duction describes the show.
This weekend, the Department of
Theatre Arts and Dance opens its pro
duction of “A Midsummer Night’s
Dream.” For the show, the cast and
crew have taken the Bard’s most per
formed comedy and transplanted it to
1968. 1
“I questioned if there was a time
in history that reflects the same qual
ity and fantasy of the play,” said
Robin McKee, the play’s director.
McKee found her answer in the
1960s. That era, McKee said, cele
brated the same ideals as “A
Midsummer Night’s Dream”: love as
a'form of rebellion, working-class
agitation and youth in leadership.
“It has that kind of frolicksome
ness that; Shakespeare was going for,”
McKee said.
In the play, two young lovers -
Hermia and Lysander - run away to
elope against Hermia’s father’s wish
es. The two flee to the forest, where
they find a world of fairies, magic
and mischief. With the help of love
potions and quarrelsome fairies, love
triangle after love triangle is con
structed and tom apart.
To bring the play into the 1960s,
McKee transformed the palace at the
beginning of the play into a universi
ty, such as University of Califomia
Berkeley circa 1968.
“This scene represents the leftist
Marxist thinkers of the time and all
the intellectual debates that were
going on,” McKee said.
The world of the fairies became a
commune of flower children.
“Flower power embraced the
same principles of the fairy world,”
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What: “A Midsummer Night's Dream''
Where: Howell Theatre, Temple Building,
12th and R Streets
When: 8p.m. Friday through Saturday and
March 24-27
Cost: $6 for students, $9 for UNL
faculty/staff/senior citizens, $10 for general
admission
The Sldnny: The Bard’s most popular
comedy gets dressed up in love beads and
dances to The Doors
McKee said. “There’s a sense of play
fulness and magic there.”
To bring the commune to life, set
designer Cathryn Dashiell designed a
geodesic dome and suspension
bridge. The colors recall the rich,
vivid jewel tones that were popular at
the time.
McKee ties all of this together
with music by musicians such as the
Doors, the Beatles and Janis Joplin.
“Music says that one thing you
can’t describe,” said Ryan Johnston,
u
Flower power embraced the same
principles of the fairy world.
There’s a sense of playfulness and
magic there.”
Robin McKee
“Midsummer Night’s Dream” director
who plays Puck in the production. “It
gives the show a feeling of authentic
ity.”
McKee said the show’s contem
porary feel would appeal to audiences
without compromising Shakespeare’s
intent. To ensure the play retains its
honesty, the production keeps
Shakespeare’s original text, changing
only time and place. This way, McKee
said, audiences will realize
Shakespeare was not an elitist writer.
“He wrote some of the dirtiest,
most bawdy, silly stuff also,” she said.
This play in particulaf capitalizes
on Shakespeare’s riotous sense of
humor, Johnston said.
Shakespeare wrote “A
Midsummer Night’s Dream” after
“Romeo and Juliet.” McKee believes
Shakespeare needed a comic release
after the tragedy of the star-crossed
lovers.
“It shows how silly one can be
when one says, ‘I’ll kill myself if I
can’t have you,”’ McKee said. “It’s a
direct contrast to ‘Romeo and
Juliet.’”
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to be a 1999-2000 Peer Educator/
Are you interested in helping students,
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It? PEERS receive a stipend for presenting
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PEERS are also active in providing edu
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Apply by March 12,1999
Tor more info, or to apply contact:
Community Health Education,
University Health Center, Rm. 12
472-7440
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