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Article: Theatre Atchison takes on 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
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- St. Joseph News-Press
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- October 31, 2003
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Surely, you've heard of a fool in love.
So Shakespeare's classic "A Midsummer Night's Dream," exploring
the way emotions color perceptions, isn't news.
But with mischievous, acrobatic fairies and love-struck characters
lost in a circus setting in the 1920s, Theatre Atchison's production,
which opens Friday, Nov. 7, certainly should be fun.
"It's also just a wonderful, wonderful love story," says Kurt
Schlanker, who plays the egocentric character Bottom.
But comedy reigns in this play, and with a new setting and era,
Theatre Atchison challenges people's stereotypes about Shakespeare's
plays.
"A lot of people, when they think about Shakespeare, they think
about tights and togas," Schlanker ...