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Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1981)

Alternative title
The Shakespeare Plays
Synopsis
Television production starring Helen Mirren as Titania and Peter McEnery as Oberon.
Series
BBC Television Shakespeare
Language
English
Country
Great Britain; United States
Medium
Television
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Year of production
1981
Notes
The production is commercially available on DVD as part of the BBC TV SHAKESPEARE COLLECTION box set (see separate entry).
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
drama in English; performances; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Related items
Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (Sp)

Credits

Director
Elijah Moshinsky
Producer
Jonathan Miller
Writer
William Shakespeare
Music
Stephen Oliver
Art Direction
David Myerscough-Jones
Choreographer
Eleanor Fazan
Contributor
David Snodin
Cast
Alexandra Segal 
Brian Glover 
Bruce Savage 
Cherith Mellor 
Dominic Martelli 
Don Estelle 
Estelle Kohler 
Geoffrey Lumsden 
Geoffrey Palmer 
Helen Mirren 
Hugh Quarshie 
John Fowler 
Lee MacDonald 
Louise Mason 
Massimo Mezzofanti 
Nat Jackley 
Nicky Henson 
Nigel Davenport 
Peter McEnery 
Phil Daniels 
Pippa Guard 
Ray Mort 
Robert Lindsay 
Tania Bennett 
Timothy Gross 

Distribution Formats

Type
DVD
Format
Region 2 PAL
Price
£12.99
Availability
Sale
Duration/Size
113 minutes
Year
2004

Type
VHS
Format
PAL
Price
£29.90 (Trumedia)
Availability
Sale
Duration/Size
113 minutes
Year
2004

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Name

Time-Life Films Inc

Phone
0101 201 843 4545
Address
PO Box 644
NJ 07652
USA

Distributor

Name

BBC Store

Web
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Notes
NB. From May 2017 programmes are no longer available to buy on BBC Store. From November 1st 2017 the store will close completely and programmes bought from BBC Store will no longer be available to watch. Customers who have bought items from BBC Store will be contacted by email and refunded for their purchases either by full cash refund or Amazon video vouchers.
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