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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Summer 2000
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"Romance! Magic! Laughter!"

The Lane End Players have done many things over the years, a variety of different styles of plays but this is the first time a play by William Shakespeare has been produced by the LEP. An what better play to choose than the super popular comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream. Director Bob Connor and his amazing team (managed by producers Inga Jens and Naomi Venables) bought this fan favourite to life in spectacular fashion. A very well directed and acted play, this truly was a success for the LEP and paved the way for upcoming 'blockbuster' productions that would be produced following on from this triumph.

Cast
THE MORTALS
Theseus - Paul Brown
Hippolyta - Libby Beck
Egeus - Frank Brooks
Lysander - Nigel Bacon
Demetrius - Mark Stuart
Hermia - Hilary Horne
Helena - Catherine Everitt
Philostrate - John Trett
Other Lords and Ladies - Alison Edgley, Georgie Brooks, Carole Page, Sally Sugrue and Tom Everitt
THE FAIRY KINGDOM
Oberon - Dave Bowden
Titania - Kath Gill
Puck - Dan Sugrue
Peaseblossom - Eve Berry
Cobweb - Tracy Perkins
Cobweb - Tish Marshall
Moth - Judy Shepherd
Mustardseed - Phillipa Lee
Other Fairies - Amy Everitt and Faye Davey
THE PLAYERS
Peter Quince - Clive Lumbers
Nick Bottom - Nick Wyse
Francis Flute - Liam Bowden
Tom Snout - Peter Stokes
Robin Starveling - Mike Roscoe
Snug - Phil Charlesworth

"Elfin magic is captivating"

(Bucks Free Press review by Archie Wilson)
A Midsummer Night's Dream is about love, laughter and above all magic.
Not matter what our ages, we're still all kids at heart and a bit of humorous sorcery can unfurrow even the darkest brow. As so it was last week at Lane End as the Players put on a millennium version of Shakespeare's fairy masterpiece.
Set in no particular time (the play is a relevant today as "when Shakespeare put quill to paper" says director Bob Connor) the company allowed our imaginations to roam free and unfettered.
Lysander and Demetrius, played by Nigel Bacon and Mark Stuart, were as lovestruck and bewildered as the parts called for, although Nigel needs to slow his speech a little if more Shakespeare is planned - we need to hear the Bard's wonderful language clearly.
Hilary Horne playing Hermia was confident and assured and Catherine Everitt was simply splendid as the love-thwarted Helena. Oberon (Dave Bowden) exhibited the necessary streak of evil comic humour whilst Kath Gill was positively regal as the Fairy Queen Titania.
Daniel Sugrue bounced athletically about the stage as the splendidly impish Puck and Titania's fairy helpers fawned mercilessly over their Queen and the hapless ass-headed Bottom.
I always though the plum part in this play was this same Bottom - room for great characterisation here and Nick Wyse lapped it up. Exuberant, extrovert, red cheeked and infinitely cheeky, he had the audience in the palm of his hoof.
I must mention the music; composed by Musical Director Mike Watson, it complemented the action on stage to perfection and gave a delightful elfish feel to the whole production.

Author

William Shakespeare

Director

Bob Connor
Producers
Inga Jens and Naomi Venables

Venue

Lane End Village Hall
​Church Road
​Lane End 
​Bucks
​HP14 3JE
​(see map below)

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