Strange choices also abound. In a show that casts its regal couples separately, it seems bizarre that Matthew McPherson has to double as Hermia and Snug, a choice which has a real impact later on, and the palpable sense of magic that permeates the final scene is rudely interrupted before Puck’s closing words, almost completely breaking the spell. The tour is in its early days so it may well be that performances matures and the production deepens but in a year when
the Globe set the bar magnificently high,
Stafford Castle and
Tooting Arts Club brought great fun to the table and even
Michael Grandage did a good, if not spectacular, job, it is hard not to feel somewhat disappointed for the very first time by Propeller.