The Popular Mechanicals

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Event The Popular Mechanicals
Venue La Boite Theatre (June 1972 - 2003), Milton, QLD
Umbrella Event La Boite Theatre Company 2000 Season
First Date 2000
Opening Date 2000
Last Date 2000
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description The Popular Mechanicals is a hilarious romp with the supporting characters of A Midsummer Night?s Dream, putting centre-stage the familiar Nick Bottom and his fellow tradesmen (aka ?mechanicals?) and their misadventures in amateur theatrics. Using most of the characters? existing lines from Dream, the authors have built up a larger ?between-the-scenes? narrative that posits what kind of antics the mechanicals were getting up to when they?re offstage in Shakespeare?s play, especially during the period Bottom is away with Titania.

Indeed, much of the play deals with the period between Botto
Description Source Reviewer's Opinion
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Farce
Subjects Shakespeare
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Keith Robinson Playwright
William Shakespeare Playwright
Tony Taylor Playwright
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Review Play content only gathered from http://www.australianstage.com.au
Web La Boite Theatre Company web archive
Event Identifier 100054