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Benjamin Britten’s opera performed by the New York Metropolitan Opera and Chorus, produced by Tim Albery and conducted by David Atherton. Sylvia McNair is Tytania and Jochim Kowalski is Oberon. Announcer:...
Performance of the Watermill Theatre’s touring production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream recorded on videotape at the Harvey Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY. Directed for stage by Ed Hall....
Television programme devoted to the work of Frederick Ashton. It is comprised of an outline of his career, an interview and two performances by The Royal Ballet. The first ballet recorded is Ashton’s...
A videotape recording of the Shakespeare Globe Theatre’s 2002 modern dress production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by Mike Alfreds.
Low-budget feature film offering a gothic punk version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Oberon is a Fagan-like poet playing Pied Piper to the street children followers he employs to control drug traffic; Puck...
Ten-part series in which John Evans talks to distinguished interpreters of Britten’s operas about recordings and performances with which they are closely associated. In episode 8 Sir Peter Hall talks about...
Video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1999 production directed by Michael Boyd. Josette Simon and Nicholas Jones double the roles of Hippolyta/Titania and...
Television production of the play, virtually uncut, which incorporates a ballet sequence choreographed by Juan Corelli. The romantic setting, and use of gesture and expression, shows the influence of Reinhardt.
For its time a sumptuous television adaptation of the play complete with Mendelssohn’s music and ballet. Dancer and choreographer Gillian Lynne appears as Puck.
Short experimental film. An adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream set against a psychedelic backdrop of surreal techno clubs and urban alleyways. The film opens with a long unbroken shot, with no...
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