Search results
May 14, 1999 · Michael Hoffman's new film of "William Shakespeare's a Midsummer Night's Dream" (who else's?) is updated to the 19th century, set in Italy and furnished with bicycles and operatic interludes. But it is founded on Shakespeare's language and is faithful, by and large, to the original play. Harold Bloom complains in his wise best seller, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, that the play's ...
- Twelfth Night
Shakespeare's “Twelfth Night” bears something of the same...
- Much Ado About Nothing
Branagh is nothing if not a film director of high spirits...
- Restoration
Michael Hoffman's "Restoration" plunges us into the heart of...
- Shakespeare in Love
There is a boatman in "Shakespeare in Love" who ferries...
- Richard III
It sets the play in an England of an alternate timeline,...
- A Thousand Acres
"A Thousand Acres'' is an ungainly, undigested assembly of...
- Twelfth Night
Jun 1, 2023 · A Midsummer Night’s Dream review: an ‘assured’ new staging at the Globe. This production of Shakespeare’s classic ‘doesn’t reinvent the wheel’ but it’s ‘gleeful’. “Many ...
William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. PG-13 Released Oct 8, 1999 1h 56m Comedy. Fresh score. 67% Tomatometer 79 Reviews. Fresh audience score. 60% Audience Score 50,000+ Ratings. This ...
- (79)
- Michael Hoffman
- PG-13
- Kevin Kline
Michael Hoffman's adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream is a delightful way to spend the summer solstice evening, or any other, for that matter.
3.95. 543,251 ratings12,813 reviews. Shakespeare's intertwined love polygons begin to get complicated from the start--Demetrius and Lysander both want Hermia but she only has eyes for Lysander. Bad news is, Hermia's father wants Demetrius for a son-in-law. On the outside is Helena, whose unreturned love burns hot for Demetrius.
- (542.4K)
- Mass Market Paperback
Guardian | Birmingham Mail | Birmingham What's On | West End Best Friend | Broadway World Read the reviews for A Midsummer Night's Dream.
People also ask
Is 'William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream' based on a true story?
Is Love a matter of chance in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream?
Where can I Buy A Midsummer Night's Dream?
What makes 'Midsummer' a good movie?
May 10, 1999 · “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” has inspired numerous stage productions, a filmed version of Peter Hall’s production at the Royal Shakespeare Co. (with Diana Rigg and Judi Dench), a film of ...