A Midsummer Night's Dream
Summary:
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'... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Derek Godfrey - (Theseus)
Barbara Jefford - (Hippolyta)
Hugh Sullivan - (Philostrate)
Nicholas Selby - (Egeus)
David Warner - (Lysander)
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Review:
One of the finest screen versions of the immortal Shakespeare comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream does suffer slightly from the period in which it was filmed. The costuming is not such a problem -- the mixture of 1960s styles with 19th century attire actually works well, producing an effect that is both disconcerting and comforting, and seem... Continue >>
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