SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A

Synopsis

A video recording of Hans Bergströms 1983 touring production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Riksteatern. Anna Sundquist is Hippolyta/Titania and Ulf Qvarsebo is Theseus/Oberon.

Language

Swedish

Country

Sweden

Medium

Video

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Recording date

1983

Credits

Director

Hans Bergström

Writer

William Shakespeare

Production Design

Göran Wassberg

Costume

Mago

Cast

Ulf Qvarsebo	Theseus
Anna Sundqvist	Hippolyta
Ulf Qvarsebo	Oberon
Anna Sundqvist	Titania
Gunilla Akesson	Puck (Robin Goodfellow)
Margret Andersson	Hermia
Marie Lundquist	Helena
Olof Thunberg	Nick Bottom

Additional Details

Theatre company

Riksteatern

Production type

Stage Recordings

Plays

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Doubling of roles; Touring productions

Notes

History

Produced at Folkets Park, Södertälje, Sweden

Textual information

Translated into Swedish by Allan Bergstrand.

Archive

Name

National Library of Sweden, Department of Audiovisual Media

Email

foexp@kb.se

Web

http://www.smdb.kb.se External site opens in new window

Phone

=46 (0) 10-709 30 20

Fax

+46 (0)10-709 39 34

Address

Research Service
Box 5039
102 41 Stockholm
Sweden

Notes

The Swedish National Archive of Recorded Sound and Moving Images (SLBA) ceased to exist as a public authority in its own right at the end of 2008. As of 1 January 2009, it operate as the Department of Audiovisual Media under the National Library of Sweden.