Photo Title
Preview
Production Title
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Production Date
1926
Photograph Caption
Puck--"that merry wanderer of the night" (II.i.43) and Bottom. As the players rehearse their parts, Puck changes Bottom into an ass in the middle of a scene, causing consternation among his companions.
Dialogue
Puck: "A stranger Pyramus than e'er played here....(III.i.90).
Bottom: "If I were fair, Thisby, I were only thine."
Quince: "Oh, monstrous! Oh, strange! We are haunted. Pray, masters! Fly, masters! Help!" (III.i.107-109).
Play Title
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Venue
Stage
Company Location
Cleveland (Ohio)
Place of Production
Cleveland (Ohio)
Genre
Comedy
Character
Puck: Emiah Jane Hopkins
Bottom: Milton Widder
Other Credits
K. Elma Lowe - Director
Other Notes
Produced under the direction of K. Elma Lowe. Staged as part of the centennial celebration of Western Reserve University in 1926 in dedicating the Shakespeare Garden Theatre
Object Type
black-and-white photographs
Size of Original
7 x 7.5 in.
Donor
Cole, Joseph E.
Repository
Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections.
Format
jpeg
