Midsummer Night’s Dream is a play that lends itself to an endless variety of creative expression through its variety of characters, both human and mythical.  Inspired by the visual style of the silent film era of the 1910s and 1920s, these costume renderings featuring the four true couples at the finale of the play, as though they themselves were the performers in a silent film.  The designs of each of the human characters are rendered in black and white to recreate the look most associated with silent film.  Practically, this look would be achieved through the use of articles of clothing, makeup, and wigs constructed in a fully grayscale palette. 

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And though this black and white aesthetic is one of the most recognizable aspects of this genre for modern audiences, the world of silent film was not devoid of color.  In order to recreate the distinct visual style of these specific films, the designs of the play’s two main fairy characters are rendered in an array of hues meant to evoke the techniques used to give these movies their unique and beautiful colors.  This style would be carried over to the many other fairy characters and magical elements present in the text and would also be achieved practically through articles of clothing, makeup, and wigs constructed in the rich tones of the Art Deco colored palette