Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
- Synopsis
- A film version based on the design and concept of Adrian Noble’s 1994 Royal Shakespeare Company production. Noble’s main invention is a new character, the boy who dreams the play.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1996
- Duration
- 103 mins; 9,294 feet
Credits
- Director
- Adrian Noble
- Producer
- Paul Arnott
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Screenplay
- Adrian Noble
- Music
- Howard Blake
- Costume
- Anthony Ward
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre company
- Royal Shakespeare Company
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- drama in English; performances; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- History
- The film was not released in the United States
- Figures
- Budget £3.2million, it took less than £10,000 at the UK box office.
- Reviews
- Reviewed by Mark Sinker in Sight and Sound vol, 7, no. 1 (Jan 97), p41. Buchanan, Judith. ‘The Royal Shakespeare Company’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ in Shakespeare on Film (Harlow: Pearson Education, 2005), pp. 133-8.
Production Company
Sponsor
- Name
Arts Council
- Phone
- 020 7973 6820
- Fax
- 020 7973 6449
- Notes
- Contact: Will Bell (7/99), e-mail will.bell@artscouncil.org.uk
- Name
Capitol Films
Distributor
- Name
Cinema Club
- Phone
- 020 7612 3129
- Fax
- 020 7612 3132
- Address
- 2 Entertain Video
33 Foley Street
London
W1W 7TL
Distributor (Sale)
- Name
Retail outlets
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Midsummer Night’s Dream, A". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/14097 (Accessed 25 Nov 2024)