Learning on ScreenMidsummer 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
- Transmission details
- 9 Nov 1958 (Channel: BBC)
- Duration
- 105 mins
Credits
- Director
- Rudolph Cartier
- Producer
- Rudolph Cartier
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Leslie Bridgewater
- Costume
- Pamela Glanville
- Art Direction
- Clifford Hatts
- Contributor
- Eric Crozier
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Plays
- Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- The Birmingham Shakespeare Library holds a television script.
- History
- Appears to be the first full-length television studio production of the play in Britain. The first US broadcast was 29 April 1962 on WTTW, Chicago in the NET Drama Festival slot.
- Reviews
- For details of production costs cf. Rothwell, Kenneth S. and Annabelle Henkin Melzer, Shakespeare on Screen: An International Filmography and Videography (London: Mansell, 1990), entry 402, p. 194.
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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