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Jun 2022
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EP10 - A Night In the Forest | Shakespea...

David Anderson and Eric Williams
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act Four, Scene One. When four young aristocrats and a weaver spend a night in the forest outside of Athens they cross into the world of the faeries. The next morning they struggle to understand what happened.

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Theme Music: "Nobility" by Wicked Cinema

Opening Passage Music: "An Afternoon at the Versailles" by Cercles Nouvelles

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