Compilation/Packaged Set: A Midsummer Night's Dream

I have gathered together into this collection all the films in my catalogue that are either of or based on William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream:

Plays

  1. 1935 Dir. Max Reinhardt
  2. 1969 Dir. Peter Hall
  3. 1999 Dir. Michael Hoffman
  4. 2014 Dir. Julie Taymor
  5. 2016 Dir. David Kerr

Ballets

  1. 1999 Pacific Northwest Ballet Company (Balanchine)
  2. 2004 American Ballet Theater (Ashton)
  3. 2007 Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company (Balanchine)

Opera

  1. 1981 Glyndebourne Festival Opera (Britten)

Adaptations

  1. 1910 Midsummer Night's Dream (silent, short)
  2. 1955 Smiles Of A Summer Night (Bergman)
  3. 1982 A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (Allen)
  4. 2008 Were The World Mine (Gustafson)

‡ A compilation of Puck's epilogue as performed in various productions: YouTube

‡ Films based on A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wikipedia

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)
Filmways / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Royal Shakespeare Company (1968)
Comedy
In Collection
#1163
8*
Seen It:  Yes
(10/27/2017 Home)
883904245834
IMDB   6.4
124 mins UK / English
DVD  Region 1
Ian Holm Puck
Helen Mirren Hermia
David Warner Lysander
Paul Rogers Bottom
Diana Rigg Helena
Judi Dench Titania
Derek Godfrey Theseus
Barbara Jefford Hippolyta
Nicholas Selby Egeus
Hugh Sullivan Philostrate
Michael Jayston Demetrius
Sebastian Shaw Quince
Bill Travers Snout
Clive Swift Snug
Donald Eccles Starveling
John Normington Flute
Ian Richardson Oberon
Clare Dench First Fairy
Emma Dench Peaseblossom
Alistair Artingstall Cobweb
Joseph Jones Mustardseed
Richard Woolfenden Moth
Guy Woolfenden Musician
Derek Oldfield Musician
Richard Lee Musician
Director/Choreographer
Peter Hall
Producer Michael Birkett
Martin Ransohoff
Writer/Composer William Shakespeare
Cinematography Peter Suschitzky
Music Guy Woolfenden

Peter Hall's film adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy, filmed in and around an English country house and starring actors from the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Edition Details
Release Date 1968
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Purchase Date 9/30/2017
Location Personal Library
Owner Deitz
Purchase Price $17.18
Links ‡ Full Play: Royal Shakespeare Company (1968)
A Midsummer Night's Dream at Core for Movies
TheMovieDb.org
IMDB
References
Streaming, VoD Fandor $, YouTube

Notes
I thoroughly ejnoyed this production of A Midsummer Night's Dream· I followed nearly half the play in my Staunton's "The Globe Illustrated Shakespeare"· Very little has been left out in Hall's film production· The diction of the first-class actors is great; and while we are hearing Elizabethian English, it is nearly totally understandable· While I may disagree with a few of the readings, these are minor quibbles.
Even though the dvd is now nearly 60 years old, technically it is pretty good· The visual quality streaming version on YouTube leaves something to be desired·