***** 'A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM' REVIEW " CHARACTERS MASH, WORLDS INVERT AND FLAMES BURST FROM FINGERS
(Mark Lawson's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/14, 2024; Drawing a younger audience … Mathew Baynton as Bottom and Pyramus. Photograph: Pamela Raith.) Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Eleanor Rhode's ravishing fusion of flamboyancy, surrealism and raucous fun rouses audiences in a youthful, energetic riot Directors of Shakespeare's comedy of aristocrats, artisans and sprites getting confused…