A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)
Release Date: Sep 1, 1968 Wide
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British director Peter Hall's 1968 filmization of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, starring the Royal Shakespeare Company, is faithful to the text and to the main plot, which involves the "bewitching" of several groups of mortals by a covey of mischievous invisible fairies. So why did critics complain? Hall's handling of Shakespeare's prose and iambic pentameter didn't bother the purists as much as the director's visual choices. Hall was criticized for staging the film in a typically
Sep 1, 1968 Wide
Mar 10, 2005
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Cast
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Derek Godfrey
Theseus -
Barbara Jefford
Hippolyta -
Hugh Sullivan
Philostrate -
Nicholas Selby
Egeus -
David Warner
Lysander -
Michael Jayston
Demetrius -
Diana Rigg
Helena -
Helen Mirren
Hermia -
Ian Richardson
Oberon -
Judi Dench
Titania -
Ian Holm
Puck -
Paul Rogers
Bottom -
Sebastian Shaw
Quince -
Bill Travers
Snout -
John Normington
Flute -
Clive Swift
Snug -
Donald Eccles
Starveling -
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The ultimate in respectfully radical Shakespeare adaptations -- it presents the story in purely 1960s terms; respectful in that it includes nearly all of Shakespeare's text.
A dream cast makes this worth pursuing.
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Foreign Titles
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968) (DE)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968) (UK)
