In stage directing class we were taught that stage movement should be arranged so that if the actors were to stop at any given point the scene would look like a well composed painting or photograph. Here they director and DP have made a holy virtue of this principle. The production seems to have been shot with a single camera locked in as tightly as possible, limiting the actors' movements extremely. The result is beautiful looking but immensely dull to watch.
Review of A Midsummer Night's Dream
