Should a playwright have the final say over a production?
The case of a disgruntled Australian playwright throws up the fascinating question of who's really in charge of a show Last week I went to a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at London's St James theatre. It was by no means great, but it was high-spirited fun with a contemporary setting. Staged at lunchtime, the performance was only around 50 minutes long; it probably included about a third of Shakespeare's scr…