Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
- Synopsis
- Performance of the Watermill Theatre’s touring production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream recorded on videotape at the Harvey Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY. Directed for stage by Ed Hall. The play is performed by Propeller, an all-male company.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 24 Mar 2004
- Duration
- 145 mins
Credits
- Director
- Ed Hall
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Dugald Bruce-Lockhart; Tony Bell
- Production Design
- Michael Pavelka
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Harvey Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY
- Theatre company
- Propeller
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Plays
- Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); All-male casts
Notes
- History
- The play opened in the UK in 2003 at the company’s home venue in Newbury, later moving to the Comedy Theatre, London and then to the United States.
- Textual information
- Performing text edited by Robert Warren.
- Reviews
- Michael Dobson, Shakespeare Survey 57 (2004), pp258-89 (especially 265). For Ed Hall’s commentary on the production see ‘A Different Creature’, American Theatre 21, no. 3 (2004), p25.
Production Company
Archive
- Name
Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT)
- toft@nypl.org
- Web
- http://www.nypl.org/locations/lpa/theatre-film-and-tape-archive External site opens in new window
- Phone
- + 1 (212) 870-1642
- Fax
- (212) 8701868
- Address
- Billy Rose Theatre Collection
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York,New York
10023-7498
USA
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Midsummer Night’s Dream, A". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av37445 (Accessed 19 Sep 2024)