Nick Bottom

...for his loveable portrayal of the elf Puck and Chablee Ferguson for his slapstick, comedic interpretation of the daft amateur actor Nick Bottom. By the end, all of the characters do an exceptional job translating Shakepeare's prose to what...

In this article: William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Puck, Joshua Prince-Ramus, Rem Koolhaas, Baz Luhrman, and Keri Hilson

Titania adoring the Ass-headed Bottom. Oil on canvas by Henry Fuseli, c. 1790 Nick Bottom is a character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream who provides comic relief throughout the play, and is famously known for getting his head...

In this article: Peter Quince, Puck, Oberon, Athens, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Pyramus and Thisbe, and Titania

...the rehearsals he is seen in a managerial role even though he struggles to assert himself over the more charismatic Nick Bottom. When Bottom reappears as himself after his temporary acquisition of an ass's head, Quince promises to write a...

In this article: Peter Quince, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Tom Snout, William Shakespeare, Roger Rees, Starveling, and Pyramus and Thisbe

If there were some creative adjective to combine "wonderful" and "delightful" and a hundred other pleasing words, Danny Scheie's Nick Bottom would earn it as an epitaph. Contorting each syllable to suit his flamboyant character, Scheie...

In this article: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Puck, William Shakespeare, and Oberon

...world of faeries sparkle with beauty. Director Steve Umberger's timing of Shakespeare's comedy is nimble. Laughter comes quickly, and when Nick Bottom and the other laborers unleash their side-splitting farce at the wedding feast, laughter...

In this article: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Puck, Lysander, Titania, Silver, and Cirque du Soleil

...which has similarities to Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream. Philostrate's duty in Theseus' court is to examine the play that Nick Bottom and the others are about to perform and to make suggestions for improvement. It is also his duty...

In this article: Theseus, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Pyramus and Thisbe, London, Athens, The Knight's Tale, and First Folio

...campesinos of Piste will do it for you more than the fairies. Mark Gelineau's charisma commands the stage while he portrays Nick Bottom as weaver, actor and ass, though not in a notably Mayan way. William Donald Edwards makes up...

In this article: William Shakespeare, Puck, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Yucatan, San Jose, and Starveling

...and Demetrius. It's revenge of the nerds, as everyone's suddenly mad for Helena and the lovely Titania throws herself at the donkeylike rube Nick Bottom (Mr. Kavsadze). By morning, sanity is restored, and the right lovers are paired up.

In this article: Titania, William Shakespeare, Puck, Lysander, and Oberon

...Demetrius (Sean Forsythe) lighted up the stage with their love-crazed antics from start to finish. The most fun, however, was the story of Nick Bottom and the acting troupe of mechanicals from Athens. This strange ensemble of men gathered...

In this article: A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare, Puck, Lysander, and Acting Company

Nick Bottom is top banana in the riotously broad "Midsummer Night's Dream" directed by Aaron Posner at the Two River Theater Company in Red Bank. Shakespeare's popular comedy gets a refreshing contemporary makeover in this new co-production...

In this article: Lysander, Shakespeare, Swoops, and Midsummer Night's Dream