The ultra-conservative Comedie Francaise has broken with tradition . The company have let its hair down with a blithe production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream . Besides being the sort of thing likely to offend many serious theatregoers , their new version turns out to be a somewhat naughty affair . Take , for instance , the surprise of seeing a romping bunch of undraped girls . Titania ( Denise Noel - centre ) appears as a trapeze artiste in the circus like treatment directed by Jacques Fabbri . 12 November 1965