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
Ballets
Opera
Adaptations
‡ A compilation of Puck's epilogue as performed in various productions: YouTube
‡ Films based on A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wikipedia
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Christian Bale | Demetrius | |
Bernard Hill | Egeus | |
David Strathairn | Theseus | |
Rupert Everett | Oberon | |
Dominic West | Lysander | |
Michelle Pfeiffer | Titania | |
Stanley Tucci | Puck | |
Sophie Marceau | Hippolyta | |
Calista Flockhart | Helena | |
Kevin Kline | Bottom | |
John Sessions | Philostrate | |
Roger Rees | Peter Quince | |
Sam Rockwell | Francis Flute | |
Bill Irwin | Tom Snout | |
Anna Friel | Hermia | |
Deirdre Harrison | Hard-eyed Fairy | |
Annalisa Cordone | Cobweb | |
Heather Parisi | Bottom's Wife |
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Producer | Michael Hoffman
Leslie Urdang |
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Writer | Michael Hoffman
William Shakespeare |
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Cinematography | Oliver Stapleton
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Music | Garth Craven
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Shakespeare's comedy about two couples in love with the wrong partners, and how they are finally brought together rightly, Shakespeare's intertwined love polygons begin to get complicated from the start--Demetrius and Lysander both want Hermia but she only has eyes for Lysander. Bad news is, Hermia's father wants Demetrius for a son-in-law. On the outside is Helena, whose unreturned love burns hot for Demetrius. Hermia and Lysander plan to flee from the city under cover of darkness but are pursued by an enraged Demetrius (who is himself pursued by an enraptured Helena). In the forest, unbeknownst to the mortals, Oberon and Titania (King and Queen of the faeries) are having a spat over a servant boy. The plot twists up when Oberon's head mischief-maker, Puck, runs loose with a flower which causes people to fall in love with the first thing they see upon waking. Throw in a group of labourers preparing a play for the Duke's wedding (one of whom is given a donkey's head and Titania for a lover by Puck) and the complications become fantastically funny. Written by Lordship |
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