Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Midsummer Night's Dream


Golden Delicious debuted this week in her first Shakespeare production.
In a nut shell, here's the plot:  "Helena the fair" loves Demetrius in vain because Demetrius and Lysander both love Hermia.  
They all flee to the woods; where, with a little help from the fairies, BOTH men fall madly in love with Helena (that was a really funny part - Granny Smith hooted with laughter). 
And then, finally, Helena is loved by Demetrius, Hermia and Lysander get together again,  and all is well.


Golden Delicious with her Dad - phooey on Demetrius


Helena pleads for Demetrius' love...
Helena:  "Stay, though thou kill me sweet Demetrius.."



Helena plotting to get Demetrius by hook or by crook...
Helena:  "I will go tell him of fair Hermia's flight. Then to the wood will he tomorrow night pursue her.  And for this intelligence, if I have thanks, it is a dear expense.  But herein I mean to enrich my pain, to have his sight thither and back again".  


Both men awake and fall madly in love with Helena...
Demetrius:  "OH HELENA!  Goddess, nymph, perfect, divine!  To what my love could I compare thine eyne?"

And Helena is happy...
Helena:  "And I have found Demetrius like a jewel."

And there you have it folks, Shakespeare at it's finest!

2 comments:

Lillie said...

Looks like a great play! I wish we could have seen it. You look beautiful Golden Delicious! I'll bet you are a great actress too.

Anonymous said...

Golden Delicious! You are fabulous! The intellectual meaning of Shakespeare is far beyond me but you made it look so easy. I bet there was a lot of memorizing. I am very proud of you! You are such a beauty. See you in 5 days :)