SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A

Synopsis

Television recording, for Swedish television, of Eva Bergman’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ for the Backa Theatre. Directed for television by Ann-Ci Lifmark. Puck Ahlsell and Maria Hedborg double the roles of Oberon/Theseus and Titania/Hippolyta. The play is set in contemporary Gothenburg. Theseus and Hippolyta are a fashionable, upper-class couple whose engagement is announced to journalists amid the flashing of camera bulbs. Bergman incorporates jazz, rock and Swedish folks songs into the production and parts of the dialogue between the lovers are set to music.

Language

Swedish

Country

Sweden

Medium

Television

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Transmission details

3 Jan 1990

Availability

No archive copy found (4/2008)

Credits

Director

Ann-Ci Lifmark; Eva Bergman

Writer

William Shakespeare

Production Design

Lena Selander

Cast

Puck Ahlsell	Theseus
Maria Hedborg	Hippolyta
Puck Ahlsell	Oberon
Maria Hedborg	Titania
Anders Ekborg	Puck (Robin Goodfellow)
Carina Dahlgren	Hermia
Claes Malmberg	Peter Quince
Laurence Plumridge	Demetrius
Margareta Niss	Helena
Rickard Lundblad	Changling boy
Rolf Holmgren	Egeus
Rolf Holmgren	Snug
Sven-Ake Gustavsson	Lysander

Additional Details

Theatre company

Backa Theatre

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Historical period

Contemporary

Plays

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

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

Notes

Notes

Source: Internet Movie Database (IMDb).

General

Backa Theatre is a theatre and theatre company in Gothenburg, Sweden, specialising in youth and children’s theatre

History

Produced at the Backa Theatre beginning 22 September 1988. Swedish broadcasting channel and production company unknown.

Textual information

Translated into Swedish by Göran O. Eriksson.