Word: oberon
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...forest primeval--and with a little help from magic dispersed by the minions of Oberon, king of the fairies--these relationships grow more complicated, and true love turns false through mistaken spells. Add in a band of workers rehearsing a play about Pyramus and Thisbe; Titania, the queen of the fairies and the butt of Oberon's a cruel trick; and some cacophony from "Love Juice," and the play is on its merry...
Touches and kisses abound. Fairies glide through the audience strewing prophylactics. And Oberon sports black stockings and a jacket woven with the latex of condoms and a slit rubber glove...
David R. Gammons plays Oberon as a playful pan-sexual creature who puffs on colored cigarettes as he entertains himself with other people's lives. While sometimes, difficult to hear, Gammons is a strong fairy king. But he is less inspired in the lesser role of Theseus, the duke whose impending marriage leads everyone to the forest...
...Oberon's female counterpart Titania is played by Jenny Davidson, whose shock of green hair adds an ethereal touch to her competent portrayal of the fairy queen...
...most disappointing performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream comes from Tom Chick, who plays Oberon's jester Puck, who unfortunately gets a little confused about who should be loving whom. Chick is flat rather than impish, insipid instead of intelligent. Puck is normally the most memorable character of this comedy--but not in this production...