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Get a flavour of RSC s new jazz-inspired Midsummer Night s Dream this weekend | Updated: 09:31, 06 January 2021 The first item on the RSC programme in 2021 is a juicy one: a concert of work in progress from Swinginâ The Dream, a jazz-infused production of A Midsummer Nightâs Dream which ran on Broadway in 1939, and which is being livestreamed on Saturday at 7pm. Artistic director Gregory Doran calls from a riverside dressing room to tell Gill Sutherland about it and the mood at the theatre. How is it in the building? Is it a bit sad? It looks like a puppy that youâve left at home for a rather long time during the day and itâs rather bleary-eyed but very, very pleased to see you. Itâs just lovely to see everyone even though we are all wearing masks and are socially distanced. Weâve appointed among ourselves our own Covid marshals, because you do forget. You want to go and hug people but you canât.You drop your guard at the end ....