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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 12.2575  Friday, 9 November 2001

From:           Robert Peters <RobertPeters@t-online.de>
Date:           Thursday, 08 Nov 2001 23:16:32 +0100
Subject: 12.2565 Re: MSD in Toronto
Comment:        Re: SHK 12.2565 Re: MSD in Toronto

Mike Jensen wrote:

> When did it become usual to begin *MND* with a dumb show, usually
> showing Theseus and Hippolyta in the battle they soon discuss?
> Personally, I'm tired of the device, partly because it has become such a
> cliché, and partly because the transition between the dumb show and the
> dialogue that begins the play does not work, since time must elapse.

In my hometown Aachen near Cologne the last production began with a dumb
show, too, but not of the battle but of Hippolyta choosing her wedding
dress with Theseus saying yes or no to it. Worked pretty well, the
audience liked the last dress a lot.

Robert

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