A Midsummer Night's Dream — Actors from
the London Stage

Shakespeare in the Little Apple,” a semester-long series of campus and community events honoring the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. Learn more.

7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5

The five actors in the troupe, Sam Collings, Patrick Doddy, Chris Donnelly, Ffion Jolly and Claire Redcliffe, play multiple roles in the production utilizing an uncut script, simple costumes and minimal scenery with an emphasis on language.

Actors from the London Stage, housed at the University of Notre Dame, is an educational and theatrical program that brings a troupe of five classically trained actors from major English theaters to college campuses for week-long residencies. Begun in 1975 by Professor Homer Swander of the University of California, Santa Barbara and British actor Patrick Stewart, AFTLS’s unique program of performance and education has visited 150 campuses.