Learning on ScreenSonho de Uma Noite de Verao
- Alternative title
- Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
- Synopsis
- Video recording of the performance by the Brazilian theatre company Teator Do Ornitorrinco staged as part of the New York Shakespeare Festival, Festival Latino.The production incorporated mime, acrobatics, skating, fencing and fire-eating. Translated, adapted and directed by Caca Rosset.
- Language
- Portuguese (Brazil)
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 1 Aug 1991
- Duration
- 470 mins
Credits
- Director
- Caca Rosset
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Production Design
- Jose DeAnchieta
- Costume
- Jose DeAnchieta
- Choreographer
- Val Folly
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Delacorte Theatre, Central Park, New York City
- Theatre company
- Teator Do Ornitorrinco
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Plays
- Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); New York Shakespeare Festival
Notes
- Notes
- Two performances were recorded over two evenings in August 1991.
- General
- The Festival Latino was founded in 1976 by Oscar Ciccione and Cecilia Vega and became part of the New York Shakespeare Festival in 1984.
- History
- The production ran for 12 performances July 30-11 August 1991 and was performed in Portuguese with no simultaneous translation.
- Reviews
- Jean Peterson, Shakespeare Bulletin, 11, no.1 (1993), pp13-14.
Archive
- Name
Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT)
- toft@nypl.org
- Web
- http://www.nypl.org/locations/lpa/theatre-film-and-tape-archive External site opens in new window
- Phone
- + 1 (212) 870-1642
- Fax
- (212) 8701868
- Address
- Billy Rose Theatre Collection
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York,New York
10023-7498
USA
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