Shakespeare in Performance: Film
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1947)
| Title | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
|---|---|
| Year | 1947 |
| Release Locations | GB |
| Medium | Video |
| Length | 2 hrs |
| Play Connections | A Midsummer Night's Dream (recording) |
Description
The Open Air Theatre, contiguous with the fabulous Queen Mary's Rose Garden in Regents Park, London, was once again the setting for this Midsummer Night's Dream, which repeated the 1946 television show (see 397) but with many new faces in cast and production crews. Mary Honer stayed on as Puck and as choreographer and Rosabel Watson again conducted the orchestra. Lysander and Demetrius were new, however, and the Fairy Ballet was entirely different from the 1946 corps. The recording of a live performance would make the performance available to thousands who might otherwise never have bothered to visit the Open Air Theatre, though at the same time the virtues of this goal are balanced off by the defects—only a trip to the Open Air theatre on a summer evening could capture the full magic of the experience. Ironically in 1947 perhaps the same persons who could afford television were also the ones who could afford to go to the Open Air Theatre
Description from Shakespeare on Screen : an International Filmography and Videography by Kenneth S. Rothwell and Annabelle Henkin Melzer. ©1990 Kenneth S. Rothwell. Cited by permission. — Added 2008-11-14
Cast Overview
Production Team and Crew Overview
Production information courtesy of: Kenneth Rothwell