performance, weather on stage or in film, that is based on Shakespeares text, we have got to count on visual aides to help us understand what is being said. The language is beautiful, though difficult to understand. Hoffman works with Shakespeare as if the man wee still alive and Collaborating with him on the project. As Franco Zeffirellis 1967 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet was a triumph in making movies out of Shakespeare, Hoffmans version of A Midsummer Nights Dream took us even a step further to embracing the words of the master....
