Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
- Synopsis
- Video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1999 production directed by Michael Boyd. Josette Simon and Nicholas Jones double the roles of Hippolyta/Titania and Theseus/Oberon.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 6 May 1999
- Duration
- 160 mins
Credits
- Director
- Michael Boyd
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- John Woolf
- Production Design
- Tom Piper
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Royal Shakespeare Theatre
- Theatre company
- Royal Shakespeare Company
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Plays
- Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Doubling of roles
Notes
- Notes
- The production was also recorded by Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT) on 25 May 2000 at the Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn and is catalogued separately.
- History
- Press night 25 March 1999 at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
- Stills
- Stills from, and design notes on, the production are available on the Arts and Humanities Performing Arts Data Service (AHDS) at http://ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/designing-shakespeare.htm
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/av71991 (Accessed 19 Sep 2024)