Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Alternative title
- Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
- Synopsis
- Radio series, broadcast over five consecutive days, in which Peggy Reynolds unravels the plot of a Shakespeare play and introduces music associated with it. Part 4 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM includes excerpts from Mendelssohn’s Incidental Music: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Rotterdam Philharmonic/Jeffrey Tate), Purcell’s The Fairy Queen (English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner), Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox) and Lampe, Pyramus and Thisbe (Opera Restored/Peter Holman).
- Series
- Sound Stories
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 21 May 1998 at 11:00 (Channel: BBC Radio 3)
- Duration
- 60 mins
Credits
- Producer
- Piers Burton-Page
- Music
- Benjamin Britten; Felix Mendelssohn; Henry Purcell; John Frederick Lampe
- Contributor
- Peggy Reynolds
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Plays
- Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
- Subjects
- Drama; Music
- Keywords
- Music; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Archive
- Name
British Library Sound Archive
- listening@bl.uk
- Web
- http://www.bl.uk/nsa External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7412 7676
- Fax
- 020 7412 7441
- Address
- 96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av37855 (Accessed 20 Sep 2024)