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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)

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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

Unrated, 2 hr. 4 min.

Romance, Classics, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy, Special Interest

Directed By: Peter Hall

Written By: William Shakespeare

In Theaters: Sep 1, 1968 Wide

On DVD: Mar 10, 2005

Cast

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
Martin Best

Critic Reviews for A Midsummer Night's Dream

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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.

May 23, 2007 Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

A dream cast makes this worth pursuing.

March 23, 2005 Full Review Source: Film Threat

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Phil Hall

Film Threat

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Rigg, Mirren and Dench are all fine, the extra half star is for them, Holm and Warner are okay but everyone else is stiff and lifeless and the film quality is terrible.

June 9, 2008

jay nixon

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I saw it in high school. Bored me to tears. Older productions, even with a cast like this, usually fall flat because they get the wrong person to direct.

September 4, 2007