Midsummer night's dream illustration

Art nouveau - hand drawn type, embellished stroke endings, high and low waistlines, stylized hair, simplified female figure, use of organic, natural patterns, inspired by japanese woodblocks, borders

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Half-title page for Act V of A Midsummer Night's Dream

From Shakespeare’s Comedy of A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, illustrated by William Heath Robinson, 1914.

Alexandre Bida. Midsummer Night's Dream, Act IV, Scene 1, Titania adorns Bottom with flowers. Watercolor, 19th century. Folger Shakespeare Library.

This design reflects an old fashioned art style not typically seen in posters for A Midsummer Night's Dream, therefore I find it effective in arousing interest in potential ticket buyers. The black and yellow colour scheme is used very well here as the main colour, yellow, stands out very well against the black making all necessary information easy to see. This design is hand drawn and summarizes the main points of the storyline without giving anything away. Overall it looks professional

Design and diorama by Brooke Weeber; Art direction by Michael Buchino A Midsummer Night’s Dream November 13–December 23 On the Main Stage By William Shakespeare Directed by Penny Metropulos As the royals Theseus and Hippolyta prepare to marry, four young lovers from their Athenian kingdom flee to the forest in the wake of parental disapproval. But in the woodland, these lovers’ lives are complicated upon crossing paths with feuding faerie royalty. As Oberon and Titania bicker over a…