SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Radio version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream produced for the Shakespeare Quatercentenary celebrations by Val Gielgud. Virginia Maskell and Gabriel Woolf are Titania and Oberon. Mendelssohn’s incidental music is arranged and conducted by John Hollingsworth with the Ambrosian Singers of London.

Series

Saturday-Night Theatre

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Recording date

13 Sep 1963

Transmission details

18 Apr 1964 at 20:30 (Channel: BBC Home Service)

Duration

100 mins

Credits

Producer

Val Gielgud

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Felix Mendelssohn

Cast

Malcolm Keen	Theseus
Janet Burnell	Hippolyta
Gabriel Woolf	Oberon
Virginia Maskell	Titania
Frank Duncan	Puck (Robin Goodfellow)
Carleton Hobbs	Peter Quince
Earle Grey	Egeus
Elizabeth Morgan	1st fairy (Fairy)
Eric Anderson	Philostrate
Frank Partington	Robin Starveling
George Merritt	Snug
Gudrun Ure	Helena
Jennifer Wright	Hermia
Jo Manning Wilson	Peaseblossom
Jo Wilson
Michael Deacon	Lysander
Norman Claridge	Francis Flute
Norman Shelley	Nick Bottom
Peter Pratt	Tom Snout
Petronella Barker	Mustardseed
Timothy West	Demetrius
Valerie Kirkbright	Cobweb

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email

listening@bl.uk

Web

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Phone

020 7412 7676

Fax

020 7412 7441

Address

96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB