Abstract:
Dear Editor,
Perhaps there has always been a temptation for the director of a great play to try to put his mark upon it. Lately, added to that is the belief that the theater ought to transform classical works into something trendy, preferably with an edgy political message. The director of the current production of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" has succumbed in full to both the temptation and the belief, resulting in a betrayal of the deepest guiding principles of the University of Dallas....