Midsummer Night’s Dream, A

Synopsis
Video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by Tim Supple.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Video
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Recording date
10 Jun 2006
Duration
157 mins

Credits

Director
Tim Supple
Writer
William Shakespeare
Music
Devissaro
Production Design
Sumant Jayakrishnan
Choreographer
M. Palani; P. Paumakumar
Cast
P.R. JijoyTheseus
Archana RamaswamyHippolyta
P.R. JijoyOberon
Archana RamaswamyTitania
Ajay KumarPuck (Robin Goodfellow)
Ajay KumarPhilostrate
Chandan Roy SanyalLysander
J. JayakumarEgeus
J.D. AshwatthamaPeter Quince
Jitu ShastriSnug
Joy FernandesNick Bottom
Joyraj BhattacharyaFrancis Flute
Prasanna MahagamageDemetrius
Ram PawarBoy stolen from Indian King
Shanaya RafaatHelena
T. GopalakrishnanRobin Starveling
Umesh JagtapTom Snout
Yuki ElliasHermia

Additional Details

Theatre
Swan Theatre
Theatre company
Dash Arts
Production type
Stage Recordings
Plays
Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Multicultural casting; Complete Works Festival (Stratford upon Avon 2006-7)

Notes

Notes
The production was also filmed by the National Video Archive of Performance in April 2007 at the Roundhouse using three cameras. This recording is catalogued separately.

The production employed Indian and Sri Lankan actors who spoke in seven Asian languages, roughly half the performance is in English.
History
The production played 7-17 June 2006 as part of the Complete Works Festival after having played in cities throughout India.
Reviews
Tim Supple is interviewed by Heather Neill about the production on theatrevoice.com. The 40 minute interview was recorded 18 December 2006 at the Roundhouse, London.

"What this production does brilliantly is create a world on stage: one that has echoes of Ovid, Ted Hughes and the Polish critic, Jan Kott, but is also truly Shakespearean. This, we realise, is a play of multiple transformations all wonderfully realised in this visionary sub-continental version". Michael Billington, The Guardian (March 14 2007).

Production Company

Name

Royal Shakespeare Company

Web
https://www.rsc.org.uk External site opens in new window
Address
Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Waterside
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
CV37 6BB

Archive

Name

Shakespeare Birthplace Collections

Email
collections@shakespeare.org.uk
Web
https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/collections/ External site opens in new window
Address
Shakespeare Centre
Henley Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6QW

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Midsummer Night’s Dream, A". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av68370 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)