Learning on ScreenMidsummer Night’s Dream, A
- Synopsis
- The American Repertory Theatre production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream first shown on American television and then released on video. Directed for stage by Alvin Epstein and for television by Richard Heller; Carmen de Lavallade is Titania and Kenneth Ryan, Oberon.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Television; Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1981
- Transmission details
- (Channel: WGBH-Boston)
Credits
- Director
- Alvin Epstein; Richard Heller
- Producer
- Peter Cook (2)
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Daniel Stepner
- Production Design
- Tony Straiges
- Costume
- Zack Brown
- Cast
Kenneth Ryan Oberon Carmen de Lavallade Titania Cherry Jones Helena Cynthia Darlow Hermia Eric Elice Lysander Jeremy Geidt Peter Quince John Bottoms Nick Bottom Stephen Rowe Demetrius
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Wilbur Theatre, Boston
- Theatre company
- American Repertory Theatre
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Plays
- Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- The video release is out of distribution (6/2007).
- History
- Transmission date not known. Televised live from the Wilbur Theatre, Boston
- Reviews
- Hageman, Elizabeth H. Shakespeare Quarterly 32 (1981), pp190-3. Coursen, H.R. ‘Style in Dream: the ART Version’ in Watching Shakespeare on Television (Cranbury, NJ: Associated University Presses, 1993), pp33-50.
Production Company
- Name
King Features
- Name
WGBH Boston
Archive
- Name
Folger Shakespeare Library
- reference@folger.edu
- Web
- http://www.folger.edu External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (202) 544 4600
- Fax
- (202) 544 4623
- Address
- 201 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington
DC 20003
USA
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