Midsummer Night’s Dream, A

Synopsis

Television presentation of the opera by Benjamin Britten, performed by the Welsh National Opera and produced by Ian Watt-Smith. The Welsh Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by Anthony Hose. With an introduction by Humphrey Burton.

Series

Lively Arts: In Performance

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio; Television

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Subjects

Drama; Music

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Credits

Director

Vincent Dowdall

Producer

Ian Watt-Smith

Writer

Peter Pears; William Shakespeare

Music

Benjamin Britten

Art Direction

Alexander McPherson

Contributor

Humphrey Burton; John Stein

Cast

Arthur Davies
David Gywnne
Gareth Mason
Geraint Evans
Henry Newman
Ian Jindal
James Bowman
Jeremy Cross
John Harris (2)
John Treleaven
Julian Moyle
Margaret Morgan
Patricia Price
Ralph Hamer
Rita Cullis
Roderick Kennedy
Simon Holt
Suzanne Murphy
Sylvester McCoy

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Archive

Name

BFI National Archive

Web

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Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7436 0165

Address

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London
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