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
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
- 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 12 Nov 2024)