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Describe how the presentation of the fairies in the film version of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ relies on it’s medium as a film, compared with a stage play
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Shakesphere: Describe how the presentation of the fairies in the film version of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' relies on it's medium as a film, compared with a stage play. Having watched the film version of the play 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' it's obvious that the fairies have been presented in a more modern setting than in the play that Shakesphere wrote. Michael Hoffman, the director, set the play in the nineteenth century Italy rather than ancient Greece. The director, Michael Hoffman has made the play more modern to influence the audience. Michael Hoffman has also changed it because he wants the play that he is directing to be 'personalized' and make it more appealing to the modern audience today. Over the years things have been updated. For example. He put bikes in the play, but Shakesphere didn't intend to put bikes in the play because they weren't invented in the...
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