SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Midsummer Night’s Dream a

Synopsis

A video recording of Michal Docekal’s 2000 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the Theatre of Comedy, Prague set in London during the Second World War. David Matasek is Oberon and Alena Streblova is Titania.

Language

Czech

Country

Czech Republic

Medium

Video

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Recording date

2000

Duration

126 mins

Credits

Director

Michal Docekal

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Jan P Muchow

Production Design

David Marek

Costume

Zuzana Krejzkova

Cast

Jiri Klem	Theseus
Zora Bozinova	Hippolyta
David Matasek	Oberon
Alena Streblova	Titania
Jan Dolansky	Puck (Robin Goodfellow)
David Prachar	Nick Bottom
Emma Cerna	Hermia
Martin Ucik	Peter Quince
Miloslav Mejzik	Egeus
Vaclav Knop	Demetrius
Vaclav Mares	Lysander
Zdena Hadrbolocova	Helena

Additional Details

Theatre

Theatre of Comedy, Prague

Production type

Stage Recordings

Historical period

1930s

Plays

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

History

The production opened 2 February 2000

Textual information

Translated into Czech by Martin Hilsky.

Archive

Name

Arts Institute-Theatre Institute

Email

info@institutumeni.cz

Web

http://institute.theatre.cz External site opens in new window

Phone

224 809 123

Fax

224 809 123

Address

Celetna 17
110 00 Praha 1
Czech Republic