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TY  - JOUR
VL  - 76
T2  - Shakespeare Survey
SP  - 37-51
ID  - bbbp53
T1  - "'Very Tragical Mirth': Performing A Midsummer Night's Dream on Screen(s) during Lockdown"
AU  - Broadribb, Benjamin
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2026
LA  - English
AB  - Considers online performances of Midsummer Night's Dream during the pandemic, including by CtrlAltRepeat, dir. Sid Phoenix; The Show Must Go Online (TSMGO), dir. Robert Myles (q.v.); Back Room Shakespeare Project (q.v.); and Robert Kerr's BBC television production (q.v.). Suggests that these performances of Midsummer Night's Dream "allowed audiences to escape from their experiences of the pandemic through fantastical frivolity."
ER  -