Midzommernachtdreum - Diever NL
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dreamhummie
N 52° 51.333 E 006° 19.046
32U E 319389 N 5859573
Statue named "Midzommernachtdreum" standing near the Church in the center of Diever, The Netherlands.
Waymark Code: WMPB59
Location: Drenthe, Netherlands
Date Posted: 08/02/2015
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Midzommernachtdreum is writing in a local dialect and means A Midsummer Night's Dream and is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare.
The artist is Arie Teeuwisse and made it in 1970 and placed in 1971.
There are two bronze plaqueten applied.
One with the name of the artist and the second is a poem by Roel Reyntjes.
The site is accessible 24/7.
The statue presents the fairy queen Titania with donkey (Nick Bottom): a scene from Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
Titania and Nick Bottom are intimately embraced on the Brink in Diever. The statue is placed on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Dieverder Shakespeare theater.
Since 1946, every summer in the open air theater at the Hezenes by residents of Diever staged a play by the great English playwright.
Meanwhile, a tradition that many people from the Netherlands, including some members of the Royal Family, brought to Diever.
Initiator of this Shakespeare play was doctor LD Broekema.
In 1997, the fiftieth anniversary of the Diever residents for the first time was "A Midsummer Night's Dream" staged.
Google translation of the website: (
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Visit Instructions:Provide a picture of the statue or something at the site relating to it.
You can be in the photo if you desire.