The BBC America is showing a series called “Shakespeare Re-Told”. I like it a lot — God Bless TiVo, because it’s usually on in the middle of night. I saw a modern retelling of “MacBeth” taking place in an upscale restaurant’s kitchen, and now I’m watching “A Midsummer’s Night Dream” taking place in a destination wedding resort. It’s really nicely done: close enough to Shakespeare for it to be obvious what you’re looking at, but the language, pacing, and production is nicely modernized.

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