As the world commemorates the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, the Malta Amateur Dramatic Club looks back with pride and satisfaction at the many years that it has regaled audiences in Malta with the works of this greatest writer of the English language, in his native tongue.
In 1938 MADC staged As You Like It in the open air at San Anton Gardens. The delighted critic of the Malta Chronicle at the time "Hoped it would become an annual event".
This was not to be until 1951 when Head Master of the Lyceum, Mr. T. Parker directed A Midsummer Night's Dream.
And the tradition lives on again this year with MADC's sixty-fifth Shakespeare production, as Nanette Brimmer directs the Bard's magical comedy - A Midsummer Night's Dream.
At first Nanette thought of staging the play in the 1960's, to emphasize the timelessness of Shakespeare's writings that are still relevant today. However on second thoughts decided to celebrate the genius of the playwright by performing the play traditionally - costume and all.
A Midsummer Night's Dream " promises to be an interesting and entertaining evening as the idyllic wooded crescent of San Anton Gardens become the enchanted forest, mixing reality and fantasy, with tangled lovers, mischievous fairies and mysterious goings on.
The cast includes Davide Tucci, Joseph Zammit, Steffi Thake and Maria Buckle as the young Athenian lovers while Roger Tirazona, Becky d'Ugo, James Borg, John Marinelli and Stephen Galea make up the rest of the Athenian court.
Julia Calvert plays Titania, Antony Edridge - Oberon, Christian Galea - Puck together with Faeries Naomi Said, Maria Cassar, Hannah Grech Pirotta, Jasmine Farrugia and Mandy Randon.,
Michael Mangion, Joe Depasquale, Myron Ellul, Colin Willis, Alexander Gatesy Lewis and Leander Schembri are The Mechanicals
A Midsummer Night's Dream runs from 15 to 24 July, San Anton Gardens, Attard. Patrons are asked to be seated by 8.30pm.
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On the occasion of the 400th Anniversary MADC is offering tickets on the opening night July 15th at€12.00, subsequent performances are at €20