A Midsummer Night's Dream
Conceptual Design
A midsummer night’s Dream is aplay that tells the story of love through a
comical tale of mischief and confusion in a forest filled with magic. In the
play, there are many characters that can be divided into magical beings and
mortals. In this assignment, we were given the opportunity to design the
show in any time period and style we desired while still keeping the given
circumstances in mind.
My concept for this assignment is 14th century Japan. Although I am not
following the style strictly, I drew most of the inspiration for this concept
from Noh theatre. The costumes within this style of theatre are very elaborate
and follow a strict order, depending o n what character is being portrayed.
I do not see this adaptation as a strict Noy stylized production, I simply want
to follow the style of telling a story that was present in 14th century Japan.