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A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy play written by William Shakespeare in about 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict among four Athenian lovers.
It stars Derek Godfrey as Theseus, Barbara Jefford as Hippolyta, Diana Rigg as Helena, Helen Mirren as Hermia, David Warner as Lysander, Ian Holm as Puck, Ian Richardson as King Oberon, Judi Dench as Queen Titania, and Paul Rogers as Bottom, as well as other members of the Royal Shakespeare Company. The film premiered in theatres in Europe in ...
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In 1890s Monte Athena, in the Kingdom of Italy, as Duke Theseus and Hippolyta's wedding banquet preparations are underway, young Hermia's father Egeus approaches him. He requests the Duke support his promise of his daughter's hand to Demetrius, at threat of her death if she does not comply. Theseus gives Hermia four days to choose to marry Demetriu...
A Midsummer Night's Dream was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome, as well as in Caprarola and Montepulciano, Italy. The action of the play was transported from Athens, Greece, to a fictional Monte Athena, located in the Tuscanyregion of Italy, although all textual mentions of Athens were retained. The film made use of Felix Mendelssohn's incidental ...
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 67% based on 79 reviews, with an average rating of 6.3/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Faultless production and shining performances display the Bard's talent propitiously." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 61 ou...
Notes Further reading 1. Rothwell, Kenneth S. (2000). "Shakespeare Goes Digital". Cinéaste. 25 (3): 50–2. ISSN 0009-7004. JSTOR 41689270.
A Midsummer Night's Dream at IMDbA Midsummer Night's Dream at AllMovieA Midsummer Night's Dream at the American Film Institute CatalogA Midsummer Night's Dream: Directed by Michael Hoffman. With Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett, Stanley Tucci. Lovers' lives are complicated by city law, feuding faerie royalty, and... love.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream - Full Cast & Crew. Royal Shakespeare Co. production of the Bard's comedy. Diana Rigg, David Warner. Titania: Judi Dench. Oberon: Ian Richardson. Puck: Ian...
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