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A midsummer night's dream / the Royal Shakespeare Company and Filmways present Peter Hall's film ; by William Shakespeare ; produced by Michael Birkett ; directed by Peter Hall.
LIBRA DVD 011 256
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Film adaptations.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Man-woman relationships--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships.
- English drama (Comedy).
- Genre:
- Film adaptations.
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Comedy films.
- Fantasy films.
- Romance films.
- Romantic comedy films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [New York?] : Water Bearer Films, [2004]
- System Details:
- DVD.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Shakespeare's play about devilish fairies, bedeviled lovers and tradesmen-actors. Plots intertwine as entangled love affairs. The comical performance of a "play within a play" by the tradesmen of Athens, and the antics in fairyland among King Oberon and his queen Titania produce a bizarre series of entanglements, but all ends happily.
- Participant:
- Ian Richardson (Oberon), Judi Dench (Titania), Ian Holm (Puck), David Warner (Lysander), Diana Rigg (Helena), Derek Godfrey (Theseus), Barbara Jefford (Hippolyta), Nicholas Selby (Egeus), Hugh Sullivan (Philostrate), Michael Jayston (Demetrius), Helen Mirren (Hermia), Paul Rogers (Bottom), Sebastian Shaw (Quince), Bill Travers (Snout), Clive Swift (Snug), Donald Eccles (Starveling), John Normington (Flute).
- Credits:
- Photography, Peter Suschitzky ; editor, Jack Harris ; music, Guy Woolfenden ; production designer, John Bury ; costumes, Ann Curtis.
- Notes:
- Originally released as motion picture in 1968.
- OCLC:
- 58978210
- Publisher Number:
- 759259140639
- WBF 4063 Water Bearer Films
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