A Midsummer Night's Dream

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More than in any other Shakespeare play, the primary action of
A Midsummer Night's Dream serves as a stage direction. Looking to make a little mischief, Oberon casts spells on paramour Titania and on the four Athenian lovers who flee to the woods to pursue the object of their affection. In the spell-casting, the Bard implicitly suggests that a director must cast his own spell for the play to achieve maximum effect, which Daniel Sullivan does with his feisty Midsummer at the Delacorte, the second offering of the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park

Since theater is a collaborative effort, directors traditionally have a corps of helpers -- primarily actors -- who involve themselves in[...]