For a few short hours, the audience was transported to the whimsical world of one of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies, a world complicated by love potions, mistaken identity, misunderstandings, and manipulations. Scene by scene, the actors playfully wove together the story’s interconnecting plots. Fairies feuded over a changeling child, bewitched young lovers alternated between love and hate, and a band of actors rehearsed for a play within the play. The students’ brilliant acting, with witty dialogue and plenty of slapstick humor, kept the audience laughing throughout.
The lively performance gave the College community a firsthand experience of Shakespeare’s high-spirited and, at times, thought-provoking comedy, and actors and audience alike shared in the fun from opening scene to final bows.