Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
- Alternative title
- Shakespeare Re-Told Shakespeare Retold
- Synopsis
- A modern television version of Shakespeare’s play with contemporary dialogue. The comedy is transferred to the Dream Park holiday centre where Theo and Polly have come to celebrate their daughter’s engagement to her childhood sweetheart, James.
- Series
- Shakespeare-Told
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Television; Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Transmission details
- 28 Nov 2005 at 20:30 (Channel: BBC1)
- Duration
- 90 mins
Credits
- Director
- Ed Fraiman
- Producer
- Pier Wilkie
- Writer
- Peter Bowker
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Historical period
- Contemporary
- Plays
- Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- Combined on 1 DVD with the other three dramas in the series. Also available as a download from BBC Store
- History
- Shown on BBC America August 2006
- Reviews
- Calvo, Clara & A.J. Hoenselaars, ‘Shakespeare Uprooted: The BBC and ShakespeareRe-Told (2005)' in Shakespearean International Yearbook 8 (2008), pp. 82-96.
Online Availability
- Online URL
- https://store.bbc.com/shakespeare-told
- Online price
- £3.99
- Online format
- Download
Production Company
Archive
- Name
Learning on Screen Off-Air Recording Back-up Service
- services@bufvc.ac.uk
- Web
- http://bufvc.ac.uk/tvandradio/offair External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7393 1514
- Fax
- 020 7393 1555
- Address
- For Learning on Screen Members only
77 Wells Street
London
W1T 3QJ
Distributor
- Name
Acorn Media UK
- customerservices@acorndvd.com
- Web
- http://www.acorndvd.com/ External site opens in new window
- Fax
- 020 7627 250
- Address
- 55 Drury Lane
London
WC2B 5SQ - Notes
- Founded in 1997, Acorn specialises in distributing archival television programmes, predominantly licensed from the BBC and ITV. Sale on DVD and Blu-Ray, in Region 2 PAL format, direct and via retail outlets.
Distributor (Sale)
- Name
Retail outlets
Related
- Name
BBC Store
- Web
- https://store.bbc.com/ External site opens in new window
- Notes
- NB. From May 2017 programmes are no longer available to buy on BBC Store. From November 1st 2017 the store will close completely and programmes bought from BBC Store will no longer be available to watch. Customers who have bought items from BBC Store will be contacted by email and refunded for their purchases either by full cash refund or Amazon video vouchers.
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Midsummer Night’s Dream, A". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av36455 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)