CBS – The Magic Art?
Posted by Shannon Love on September 15th, 2004 (All posts by Shannon Love)
In Neil Gaimen’s Sandman graphic novel Dream Country, Morpheus, the anthropomorphization of dreams, commissions William Shakespeare to write a play about Fairies. Shakespeare writes A Midsummer Night’s Dream and his troupe premiers the play one summer night on a hillside before the court of the real Auberon and Titania. The Fey have never seen a play before and the real Puck, watching his portrayal on stage, exclaims.
“This is magnificent — and it is true! It never happened; yet it is still true. What magic art is this?”
This is a fair statement of the magic of the theater but is that we want from a news service?
September 16th, 2004 at 8:22 am
“troupe”
September 16th, 2004 at 10:44 am
MIke Everett,
Thanks. I fixed it.