A midsummer night's dream

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Blackton, James Stuart, 1875-1941, director.

Kent, Charles, active 1909, director.

AM (Publisher), digitiser.

British Film Institute, owner.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream.

Shakespeare, William.

Genre:

Fiction films

Silent films

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (11 min., 18 sec.)) silent with intertitles, black and white

Production:

[United States] Vitagraph Company of America 1909

Contained In:

Shakespeare in silent film

Language Note:

Silent film with English intertitles

Summary:

Adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Set in ancient Athens, lovers Hermia and Lysander flee into the woods, followed by Demetrius, promised to Hermia, and Helena, who is in love with Demetrius. Meanwhile, tradesmen rehearse a play. While in the forest, they all become victims of the games of mischievous fairies. Includes English intertitles

Participant:

Walter Ackerman, Charles Chapman, Dolores Costello, Helene Costello, Maurice Costello, Julia Swayne Gordon, Gladys Hulette, William V Ranous, Rose E Tapley

Credits:

Directors, Charles Kent, James Stuart Blackton ; author of original work, William Shakespeare

Notes:

Original film format: 35mm

Vendor supplied data

Related Work:

Based on : Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream http://viaf.org/viaf/182253235

OCLC:

1582416836