Learning on ScreenMidsummer Night’s Dream, A
- Synopsis
- Video recording of Robin Phillips’ 1977 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. Maggie Smith doubles as Hippolyta and Titania and assumes the role of Queen Elizabeth I, the play’s ‘presenter’.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Canada
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 6 Jun 1977
Credits
- Director
- Robin Phillips
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Alan Laing
- Production Design
- Susan Benson
- Costume
- Susan Benson
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Festival Theatre, Stratford, Ontario
- Theatre company
- Stratford Shakespeare Company, Ontario
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Plays
- Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Doubling of roles; Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival
Notes
- History
- The production ran in repertory 6 June -10 October 1977. It is a revised, re-cast version of Phillips’ Dream staged in 1976.
- Reviews
- Berry, Ralph. Shakespeare Quarterly 29 (1978): 222-26 (in review article).
Archive
- Name
Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival Archive
- Contact
- ECharendoff@stratfordshakespearefestival.com (Archives Co-ordinator)
- Web
- https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/AboutUs/OurHistory/ArchivesServices External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +1 519-271 1040
- Fax
- +1 519-271-1040
- Address
- 350 Douro Street
P.O. Box 520
55 Queen Street
Stratford, Ontario
N5A 3S7
Canada
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