Nouveau Théâtre d’Angers-Centre dramatique national Pays de la Loirefreely adapted from A midsummer night’s dream by William Shakespeare directed by Harry Holtzman
Shakespeare performed in a hospital room ? Strange but true ! Knut knows he will be dead within six months ! With resources at hand, this director achieves a lifelong dream : to stage A Midsummer night’s dream ! For his last whim, he calls in his hospital room a troupe of actors but only three make it eventually. Never mind ! With a blanket and a few objects, puppets are coming alive ! The play turns into in a delirium where all genres collide, from pastoral comedy to tragedy, from ballet to burlesque. The Label Brut company uses objects « to reach lands where words cannot be used » and was born from the meeting of three actors-directors : Laurent Fraunié, Harry Holtzman, and Babette Masson.