It was originally played in the Globe Theater in England. In 2025, it will be performed at Mobile's Playhouse in the Park.
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" will be performed by an all-Alabama cast on March 26-27 and April 2-3.
Auditions will be held January 6 and 8 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Those auditioning must be between the ages of 13 and mid-20s. There are also several roles for females aged 9 through 12. For additional information on auditions, call 251-422-5434.
Additional information can be found here.
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" is a comedy penned by William Shakespeare around 1595. To put the time frame into a modern-day Alabama perspective, it was written 100 years after Columbus discovered America and almost 180 years before America's Declaration of Independence.
The plot is set in Athens, Greece, and revolves around a complicated wedding and marriage.
The play has been adapted into a film and songs. One version even relocated the plot setting to modern-day Los Angeles. That site enabled plenty of complicated weddings and marriages.
"I have had a most rare vision. I had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was… The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report, what my dream was."
(Act 4 Scene 1)
Jim' Zig' Zeigler writes about Alabama's people, places, events, groups and prominent deaths. He is a former Alabama Public Service Commissioner and State Auditor. You can reach him for comments at ZeiglerElderCare@yahoo.com.
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