Satire

Satire is the holding up to ridicule of human vice and folly.

What are the targets of Shakespeare's satire in MND?

How does he ridicule these targets?

Be precise in your answers.

Sonnet 130

SONNET 130

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
   And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
   As any she belied with false compare.

Respond to this Shakespearean sonnet.

(In what ways does it deal with similar themes as MND?)

MND

Never approach a show unless you know how it has been done before.

This is a theatrical golden rule.  You need to know what has gone before so that no-one will accuse you of copying another version and so you can build on ideas from previous productions.  A play as old as MND has been on quite a journey, you need to understand this before you can stage it.

First five postings...

Find out about Peter Brook's production of MND.  Post a paragraph that shares your findings.

The rest....

Find out about Adrian Noble's version of MND.  Post a paragraph that shares your findings.