Midsummer Night’s Dream

“There is no flagging in the interest to see the grand fairy spectacle and Shakespearian fantasy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The Olympic keeps its benches and its highways full every night. We have already described the merits of the piece, and touched with a tender hand such defects as, in the earlier production of a play requiring vast preparations, were, perhaps, inevitable. We have but to repeat our judgment that, for scenic effect and generally good representation, the management could have dealt more justly and, indeed, more liberally with the public. It would be difficult just now to predict the length of time during which this piece is to run before the appetite of the people is satisfied. Judging from the crowds who night after night eagerly throng the Olympic, the existence of this magnificent ‘Dream’ may be of many months’ duration. As a performance for the approaching holiday, we will venture to say that nothing on the stage at present will be so popular. The house last night was as crowded and as enthusiastic as usual, and the play was given with all its former spirit and completeness, the tableaux as gorgeous and the effects as grand as ever.”