Learning on ScreenMidsummer Night’s Dream, A
- Synopsis
- A 15-minute extract from the stage perfomance relayed from the Old Vic Theatre, London, and presented for television by Derek Burrell-Davis.
- Series
- Theatre Flash
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Television
- Transmission details
- 31 Dec 1957 at 20:15 (Channel: BBC)
- Duration
- 15 mins
- Availability
- No copy located (2006).
Credits
- Director
- Michael Benthall
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Contributor
- Derek Burrell-Davis
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Old Vic Theatre
- Theatre company
- Old Vic Theatre Company
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Plays
- Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- Source: Radio Times
- General
- Judi Dench, who joined the Old Vic Theatre Company in 1957, appears as First Fairy.
- History
- Between 1953 and 1958 the complete First Folio was staged at the Old Vic Theatre, London, under theatre director Michael Benthall, beginning with Richard Burton as Hamlet. The first performance of all 36 plays took place between 1920 and 1925 with Robert Atkins as theatre director.
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Record Stats
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