Midsummer Night’s Dream, A

Synopsis

Radio version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream produced for the Shakespeare Quatercentenary celebrations by Val Gielgud. Virginia Maskell and Gabriel Woolf are Titania and Oberon. Mendelssohn’s incidental music is arranged and conducted by John Hollingsworth with the Ambrosian Singers of London.

Series

Saturday-Night Theatre

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Credits

Producer

Val Gielgud

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Felix Mendelssohn

Cast

Carleton Hobbs
Earle Grey
Elizabeth Morgan
Eric Anderson
Frank Duncan
Frank Partington
Gabriel Woolf
George Merritt
Gudrun Ure
Janet Burnell
Jennifer Wright
Jo Manning Wilson
Jo Wilson
Malcolm Keen
Michael Deacon
Norman Claridge
Norman Shelley
Peter Pratt
Petronella Barker
Timothy West
Valerie Kirkbright
Virginia Maskell

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email

listening@bl.uk

Web

http://www.bl.uk/nsa External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7412 7676

Fax

020 7412 7441

Address

96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB