on sAturday StratfordUponAvon will play host to a whole wealth of activities to remember the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death . the day of which also happens to be his birthday . { something he has in common with Ingrid Bergman . Gertrude Astor . & . the painter . Rafael } . between the birthday parade . with everyone invited to don their William Shakespeare masks as they cry ' Three Cheers for William Shakespeare ' and the finale of fireworks . there will be specially commissioned performances featuring some of his most iconic characters & best known moments from his plays .
i have seen a number of performances at the RSC . & . like most of us have studied some of his plays at school . upon seeing a new performance & a different play it always surprises me how different they were to one another . & . how creative the RSC continues to be in the spin it plays on each play it performs . in a way i don't have a favourite play . in a way you can like so many of them for so many different reasons .
that said . one of the plays i've seen most often is A Midsummer Nights Dream . undoubtedly one of his most well known & loved works . the tale of Oberon . & . Tatiana . king and queen of the fairies has been captured on stage & screen so many times . a 1935 film adaptation had a cast including James Cagney, Mickey Rooney & Olivia De Havilland . whilst in 1968 a British version of the film brought together Helen Mirren, Diana Rigg & Judy Dench . a little more familiar may be the 1999 film which cast Michelle Pfeiffer & Rupert Everett in the roles of Tatiana & Oberon . with the wonderfully comical Kevin Kline as Bottom . i have very fond memories of a performance i saw a the RSC in 2011 directed by Nancy Meckler & designed by Katrina Lindsay .
and so today's inspired . is inspired . by the fairies & forest & flowers of this tale .
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. WilliamShakespeare . fairyQueens . dayDreams . floralCrowns .
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. have a wonderfully whimsical day .
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