{"id":399,"date":"2023-12-16T20:44:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T20:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/?p=399"},"modified":"2025-07-20T20:44:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T20:44:37","slug":"njarts-review-of-midwinter-nights-dream-i-doubt-ive-ever-heard-as-much-laughing-at-a-shakespeare-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/?p=399","title":{"rendered":"NJArts Review of &#8220;Midwinter Night&#8217;s Dream&#8221;: &#8216;I doubt I\u2019ve ever heard as much laughing at a Shakespeare play&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another rave review for David Foubert as Bottom and the stellar cast of A Midwinter Night&#8217;s Dream at Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, this time from Jay Lustig at NJArts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>I doubt I\u2019ve ever heard as much laughing at a Shakespeare play as I did at \u201cA Midwinter Night\u2019s Dream,\u201d currently being presented by the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey at Drew University in Madison. And these weren\u2019t polite little laughs. They were big guffaws, in response to bold, perfectly executed physical comedy. I can\u2019t recommend seeing this production, which will run through the end of the year, strongly enough.<\/p><cite>&#8211; Jay Lustig, NJArts.com<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out the entire review here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-njarts-net wp-block-embed-njarts-net\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Vl32Uo7pNd\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.njarts.net\/a-midwinter-nights-dream-offers-frozen-fun-at-shakespeare-theatre-of-nj\/\">&#8216;A Midwinter Night&#8217;s Dream&#8217; offers frozen fun at Shakespeare Theatre of NJ<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;&#8216;A Midwinter Night&#8217;s Dream&#8217; offers frozen fun at Shakespeare Theatre of NJ&#8221; &#8212; NJArts.net\" src=\"https:\/\/www.njarts.net\/a-midwinter-nights-dream-offers-frozen-fun-at-shakespeare-theatre-of-nj\/embed\/#?secret=mYlBGmCdef#?secret=Vl32Uo7pNd\" data-secret=\"Vl32Uo7pNd\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another rave review for David Foubert as Bottom and the stellar cast of A Midwinter Night&#8217;s Dream at Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, this time from Jay Lustig at NJArts: I doubt I\u2019ve ever heard as much laughing at a Shakespeare play as I did at \u201cA Midwinter Night\u2019s Dream,\u201d currently being presented by the Shakespeare [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":400,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-theatre"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":402,"url":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/?p=402","url_meta":{"origin":399,"position":0},"title":"&#8220;Midwinter Night&#8217;s Dream&#8221; named Top NJ Production of 2023 by NJArts.com","author":"admin","date":"December 29, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"David Foubert was honored to return to Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey in the beloved comedic role of Bottom for Bonne Monte's final show in her re-seasoned \"Midwinter Night's Dream\" - and is delighted to learn that the production has been named by one critic as the top New Jersey\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Awards&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Awards","link":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/?cat=29"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidfoubert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/STNJ_Midwinter_Brunkus_260.jpg?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidfoubert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/STNJ_Midwinter_Brunkus_260.jpg?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidfoubert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/STNJ_Midwinter_Brunkus_260.jpg?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidfoubert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/STNJ_Midwinter_Brunkus_260.jpg?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":374,"url":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/?p=374","url_meta":{"origin":399,"position":1},"title":"Morristown Green longs for a DVD of David&#8217;s performance in &#8220;Midwinter Night&#8217;s Dream&#8221;","author":"admin","date":"December 20, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The \"re-seasoned\" production of \"Midwinter Night's Dream\" at Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey is bringing laughter and joy to families and theatre lovers across New Jersey, and a front-page review has come in celebrating David's performance as Nick Bottom. 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