Cabinet card composite showing numerous studio portraits of children posed in theatrical costumes representing characters from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The design consists of dozens of small individual portraits arranged in a grid around a central grouping of oval images. The children appear dressed as fairies, attendants, and other stage roles, holding staffs, floral props, and theatrical accessories while posed before painted studio backdrops.

The central caption reads “As you see us in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The lower margin includes the imprint “Compliments of Woodward Stock Co.” and “Photo by C. G. Anderson, Kansas City, U.S.A., N. E. Cor. 12th St. and Grand Ave.” Individual figures are shown performing gestures or stage poses typical of late nineteenth- or early twentieth-century amateur theatrical productions, suggesting the image may commemorate a youth stage performance or costume presentation connected to the Woodward Stock Company.

The reverse is blank. Composite theatrical photographs such as this provide appealing visual documentation of community theater and children’s stage productions of Shakespearean works.