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
Director
Peter Hall

Peter Hall's 1968 Royal Shakespeare Company production is still one of the best versions of this oft-attempted vision of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Edition Details
Release Date 1968
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Purchase Date 09/30/2017
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
IMDB
TheMovieDb.org
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·