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Review | Living the Dream at Agecroft Hall—Midsummer Nights Edition

by Christian Detres | ART, COMMUNITY, CULTURE, PERFORMING ARTS, QUEER RVA

WIlliam Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of the most popular comedies in the history of literature. It’s timeless. One of the best things about performing timeless Shakespeare comedies is that you can tweak, jigger, flip, and reverse his work into...

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