A Midsummer Night's Dream, Lyric Hammersmith
Shakespeare's plays have proved remarkably resilient to everything that's been thrown at them down the years, including " in the case of A Midsummer Night's Dream with its flowery bowers and fairies " a cloying Victorian whimsy. Peter Brook's white box production in 1970 effectively Tippexed out that option for the late 20th century. In turn this version by the touring company Filter has put down a marker for the 21s…