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A Midsummer Night's Dream

In one of the sub-plots of Shakespeare's most popular comedy, an asinine amateur actor is temporarily turned into an ass. Posters, original designs and photographs document the 1903 revival that opened the New Amsterdam Theater and a 1935 all-star Hollywood film.
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare)
Poster for the 1903 New Amsterdam Theater, New York, production featuring Nat Godwin as Bottom
Buffalo: The Currier Co., 1903
Billy Rose Theatre Collection
     
A Midsummer Night's Dream (MGM, 1935)
Promotional still of Anita Louise as Titania and James Cagney as Bottom
Billy Rose Theatre Collection
     






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