Summary: <br> <br> Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 4, Scene 1 BottomJanuary 27, 2023<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> What does it mean to be “smartly stupid,” and how might this approach help an actor reveal delightfully unexpected moments in well-worn texts? <a href="https://stateofshakespeare.com/?page_id=8634" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Ian Gould: About the Artist">Ian Gould</a> credits his training at the Shakespeare Theatre Company Academy in Washington DC for this technique, which he demonstrates in his fresh take on “Bottom’s Dream” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream.<br> <br> <br> <br> Click here to <a href="https://stateofshakespeare.com/?page_id=8631" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Act IV, Scene i">follow along with the text</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> Click here for a <a href="https://stateofshakespeare.com/?page_id=8636" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Act IV, Scene i; First Folio">First Folio version of the text.</a><br> <br> <br> <br> Watch Ian Gould perform Bottom's Monologue from the interview!<br> <br> <br> <br> <br>
