Genre:

Theatre

Release Date:

Nov 2014

Subtitles:

EN/DE/FR

Sound Format:

2.0LPCM + 5.1(5.0) DTS

Catalog Number:

OA1136D

Shakepseare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare's Globe)

John Light (Oberon / Theseus ); Pearce Quigley (Bottom ); Michelle Terry (Titania / Hippolyta ); Luke Thompson (Lysander ); Matthew Tennyson (Puck); Tom Lawrence (Snout ); Christopher Logan (Flute ); Sarah MacRae (Helena );

Hermia loves Lysander and Helena loves Demetrius – but Demetrius is supposed to be marrying Hermia… When the Duke of Athens tries to enforce the marriage, the lovers take refuge in the woods and wander into the midst of a dispute between the king and queen of the fairies.

Shakespeare put some of his most dazzling dramatic poetry at the service of this teasing, glittering, hilarious and amazingly inventiveplay, whose seriousness is only fleetingly glimpsed beneath its dreamlike surface.

Territory Exclusion - North America

Reviews

"Michelle Terry's Hippolyta/Titania is magnificently imperious ... and Pearce Quigley brings a caustic Lancastrian lugubriousness to Bottom, departing in a memorable hissy fit during rehearsals, suitcase in hand." (The Guardian)

"Dominic Dromgoole’s lively affectionate and consistently inventive staging beautifully captures both the humour and the disconcerting strangeness of the play. Matthew Tennyson proves a fascinatingly ethereal Puck ... Pearce Quigley’s wonderfully enjoyable Bottom isn’t just the usual vainglorious bumpkin. He suggests a vein of northern melancholy too, and he is also extremely touchy. ... the greatest pleasure of this production is the rude mechanicals. They make their initial entrance performing a delightfully nifty clog dance and you really feel these are working men who know each other intimately. This a joyously inventive and touching production of The Dream, a work that seems particularly close to Shakespeare’s heart." (The Daily Telegraph ★★★★)

"Matthew Tennyson's Puck is beguilingly fey, while Luke Thompson, as a Lysander beaming with childlike over-enthusiasm, makes a professional debut of some note in this warm, comic production. ... a warm, comic vision ideally pitched to this performance space. [Dominic Dromgoole's] production bursts with crowd-pleasing gestures ..." (The Evening Standard ★★★★)