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 For the spoken play he has a full company of strong actors, led by Sally Dexter (pictured) and Joseph Millson as the predatory Titania and Oberon, and Desmond Barrit as a delightfully dead-pan Bottom hailing from the Welsh valleys...  Financial Times

You can't fault the acting either, and Joseph Millson's gracefully sinister Oberon and Oliver Le Sueur's unusually sympathetic Demetrius are outstanding. The Guardian

For a start, the teeming cast includes a dozen fine actors, playing most of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream — albeit rewritten to suit cruder Restoration tastes. Sally Dexter is a terrifyingly furious Titania; Joseph Millson a sardonic, darkly handsome Oberon; and Desmond Barrit a blissfully funny Welsh windbag of a Bottom. The Times

It works better than anyone could have imagined, with a first-rate team of actors led by Sally Dexter’s Titania, Joseph Millson’s Oberon and Desmond Barrit’s Bottom, an equally fine ensemble of singers, plus a troupe of dancers executing Kim Brandstrup’s steps. It’s a superb company achievement. The Stage