Learning on ScreenMidsummer Night’s Dream, A
- Synopsis
- Abbreviated version of the play closely following the original with the exception of a new character, Penelope. It is she who quarrels with Titania and tells Puck to bewitch Titania.
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Silent
- Year of release
- 1909
- Duration
- 8 mins; 993 feet
Credits
- Director
- Charles Kent; J. Stuart Blackton
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- The copy held by the BFI National Archive is incomplete (667ft, 8mins) and ends with the mechanicals beginning their play before Theseus. This film is available within the BFI’s compilation SILENT SHAKESPEARE.
- History
- The film was shot in the summer of 1909 but held back for release on Christmas Day
- Reviews
- Ball, Robert Hamilton. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968 (p. 52-6, 313-4).
Production Company
Archive
- Name
BFI National Archive
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7436 0165
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
- Name
George Eastman House
- filmstudycenter@geh.org
- Web
- http://www,eastmanhouse.org External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 1-585 272 3361
- Fax
- 1-585 272 3970
- Address
- Motion Picture Department
900 East Avenue
Rochester
NY 14607
Distributor (Sale)
- Name
Retail outlets
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