so if you are a fan of shakespeare, you ll recognize the line we are such stuff as dreams are made on from the tempest. very good. now some 21st century theater magic is hoping drive that point home. here s nick glass for you. reporter: we ve become accustomed to high production values at the royal shakespeare company. frankly, we expect it. many colors, do not disobey the reporter: this time the rsc seems to have surpassed itself almost psychedelically. refreshing reporter: in shakespeare s 400th anniversary, we wanted a celebration. this is the last authored play that requires extraordinary magical effects.
the fact is with the brits, you ll know it will be perfect because they are so precise and that is a function of how they manage events for years and years. our experience of course in working with them at the white house, it was a joy to work with the royal household in planning prince charles, dutchess camilla s visit and the queen s visit because it is perfection. i remember when the queen came and i was privileged enough to be in williamsburg in 2007 for the 400th anniversary of the jamestown settlement and there was a wonderful luncheon there and then the dinners, of course, at the white house and at the british embassy. the queen is her majesty is really very down to earth in a lot of ways, surprisingly so. she is. she was a lot of fun to work with and so were the members of her household staff. in fact one of my greatest memories is working with angela kelly, the queen s dresser, because she has a fun personality and apparently she and the queen are quite close. so where y