School Version

20. Lysander attacks Helena

The words of the text acquire a special irony in Deguchi's staging. Notice that, in "the two hour traffic of our stage", the neat white circle has become as increasingly blurred as the line between human and animal.

Compare the animal imagery of the School version to the Bar version (Bar 25. Lysander drops pants) where Lysander continues the motif of stripping off.

A Midsummer Night's Dream