One-line review: I laughed so hard at Richmond Shakespeare’s new production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” that I got a headache. The perennial favorite of Richmond Shakespeare and the Shakespeare canon itself is back for a short run at gorgeous Agecroft Hall. Andrew Hamm directs this time, pushing the comedy and mayhem way past any previous boundaries of taste, propriety, reverence for the Bard and other annoyances.

The peak theatrical pleasure to be had in Richmond is back: summer Shakespeare at Agecroft Hall. It’s a happy mystery how hot, humid days can switch to cool evenings just as the Elizabethan verse gets going, but it seems to happen every time. This season’s opener is “Henry V,“ the culmination of three years pursuing the Henry cycle. James Alexander Bond has directed all three plays, and Phillip James Brown has played the younger Henry throughout, granting audiences a marvelous artistic continuity.

Yuletides at Agecroft Hall, a free Christmas open house at the re-created Tudor estate, will be held from 12:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Agecroft, 4305 Sulgrave Road. The occasion will feature a look at the Christmas season from three eras: England in 1640, London in 1850 and Richmond in 1946. As part of the event, holiday foods from the eras will be on display, and a Sweet Shoppe will be set up for visitors to purchase gingerbread, sugar mice, humbug mints and similar treats. Spicy cider will be served on the back lawn.