Cressing Temple Barns: A Midsummer Nights Dream

The event by the Companye of Merrie Folke sees their return to the Cressing Temple Barns.

The year is 1600 (two years after Shakespeare wrote A Midsummer Nights Dream), so a very late Elizabethan year (she died in 1603).

A band of strolling players are trying to rehearse “A Midsummer Nights Dream”. Sadly, not all the cast have turned up so we may need to rope in members of the public.

Event details

Dates

  • August 10, 2024

Times

10:00am - 4:30pm

Prices

Free

Who for?

For the whole family

Where?

Cressing Temple Barns

Witham Road, Braintree, Cressing, Essex, England, CM77 8PD

How to book

No booking required.

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