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<BODY bgcolor="#CCCC99"> <font size="2"><p>Movie Review <font size="4"><br>William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream</font> <br>by Crissa-Jean Chappell</font> <font size="3" face="Book Antiqua,Century Schoolbook,Times New Roman"><br><i><font size="6" color="#008000"><b>T</b></font>he latest screen revival of Shakespeare's popular comedy <i>A Midsummer Night's Dream</i> translates the story to the Industrial Revolution, "the end of high collars and bustles." A bicycle serves as a metaphor for personal freedom. Mechanical invention boasts man's ingenuity, just as he starts to spurn metaphysics (fairies in the forest, a fatherly God in heaven) and align himself with monkeys. A clever context, this "new" adaptation of William Shakespeare's play, which is neither new nor Shakespeare's in terms of its uneven vision. <p><a href="midsummer-nf.htm">Go to the review</a></font> </body>