Midsummer Night’s Dream, A

Synopsis

The twelfth in a weekly live stream project by Rob Myles to present all of Shakespeare’s plays in the order in which it is thought they were originally written. Using the Zoom video conferencing platform, it brings together many actors currently unable to travel and perform due to the Coronavirus crisis. The performance is introduced by Grace Ioppolo (University of Reading).

Cast:
OBERON: Andrew Mockler
TITANIA: Natalie Boakye
PUCK: Katrina Allen
HELENA: Hannah Ellis
DEMETRIUS: Emilio Vieira
LYSANDER: Cameron Varner
HERMIA: MJ Lee
BOTTOM: Rob Myles
QUINCE: Gabrielle Sheppard
FLUTE: Harry Boyd
SNOUT: Mark McMinn
SNUG: Corinna Brown
STARVELING: Andrew Yabroff
THESEUS: Leonard Cook
HIPPOLYTA: Reneltta Arluk
EGEUS: Amit Khanna
PHILOSTRATE: Amelia Parillon
FAIRY & PEASEBLOSSOM: Scarlett Archer
MUSTARDSEED: Quinn Hendel
MOTH: Annabelle Higgins
COBWEB: Eva Yacobi
SWING 1: Seb Yates Cridland
SWING 2: Kate Roche

Series

Show Must Go Online, The

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Multimedia; Video

Transmission details

3 Jun 2020

Duration

206:06

Credits

Director

Robert Myles

Producer

Sarah Peachey

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A

Subjects

Drama; Shakespeare

Notes

Notes

Before the performance begins, cast member Amelia Parillon gives a brief speech on the Black Lives Matter movement.

General

A project by actor and writer Robert Myles to present ‘weekly readings of the Complete Plays of Shakespeare by a global cast, in the order they were believed to have been written.' For more details, visit the peroject homepage at: https://robmyles.co.uk/theshowmustgoonline/

Online Availability

Online URL

https://youtu.be/HfuPQzb1ftY

Online format

Streamed

Sponsor

Name

Robert Myles

Web

https://robmyles.co.uk/theshowmustgoonline/ External site opens in new window

Distributor

Name

YouTube

Web

http://www.youtube.com External site opens in new window