In Assisted Living, These Retired Theater Pros Are 'Still Dreaming' Of Shakespeare
The documentary follows a production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in an unlikely setting: an assisted living facility for retired theater professionals.
Apr 13, 2018
3 minutes
The plays of William Shakespeare have been done in parks and prisons, in Elizabethan dress and modern clothes. Every adaptation seems to reveal new meanings. And beginning Saturday, April 14, most PBS stations will air a film about a production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in another unlikely setting: The Lillian Booth Actors’ Home, an assisted living facility in Englewood, New Jersey, for retired theater professionals.
The documentary is called “.” Hank Rogerson, who directed the film along with his wife, Jilann Spitzmiller, says the residents of the home chose the play.
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