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Midsummer Night’s Dream, A

Synopsis
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.
Series
Sunday Night Theatre
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Television
Notes
The Birmingham Shakespeare Library holds a television script.
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Credits

Director
Rudolph Cartier
Producer
Rudolph Cartier
Writer
William Shakespeare
Music
Leslie Bridgewater
Costume
Pamela Glanville
Art Direction
Clifford Hatts
Contributor
Eric Crozier
Cast
Christine Finne 
David Oxley 
Eric Lander 
Gaynie MacSweenie 
Gillian Lynne 
Hazel Merry 
Jane Shore 
Jennifer Daniel 
John Justin 
John Longden 
John Warner 
John Westbrook 
Margaret Whiting 
Michael Bates 
Miles Malleson 
Natasha Parry 
Paul Rogers 
Peter Sallis 
Ronald Fraser 
Vernie Ruthven 
Vivienne Drummond 

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Archive

Name

Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division

Web
http://catalog.loc.gov/ External site opens in new window
Phone
(20) 707-8572
Fax
(20) 707-237’1
Address
Motion Picture & Television Reading Room
James Madison Building, LM 336
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C.
20540-4690
United States
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