A Midsummer Night's Dream

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The adventures of four young lovers, a group of amateur actors and their interactions with fairies come to light in a moonlit forest.The adventures of four young lovers, a group of amateur actors and their interactions with fairies come to light in a moonlit forest.The adventures of four young lovers, a group of amateur actors and their interactions with fairies come to light in a moonlit forest.

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6.5/10

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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 nomination total

Trivia
During filming of Oberon (Ian Richardson) and Titania (Judi Dench) against a raining backdrop, one of the young men operating the hoses (to simulate rain) was so distracted by the nearly nude beauty of Dench, that he lost track of his hose, which blasted Dench and Richardson into the adjacent lake, from which they had to be rescued by the crew.

Goofs
In Act 2, Scene 1, when Titania speaks with Oberon, pointed prosthetic ears appear and disappear from Titania's head. This continues into Titania's soliloquy and in further dialog with Oberon.

Quotes
Lysander: The course of true love never did run smooth.

Connections
Featured in Nothing Like a Dame (2018)

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9/10

WONDERFUL! GREAT!!

This is the Royal Shakespeare Company at its best. I mean, hey. Not only do we get a treat to Diana Rigg's Helena in her pre-Emma Peel days but look at lovely Helen Mirren's delightful Hermia. The youths, David Warner and Michael Jayston are great, twirled and swizzled by Ian Holm's delightful Puck messing up the good intentions of the bug-eyed Ian Richardson's Oberon. But, a semi-nude Judi Dench-- all in green-- is likewise delightful in her cavorting with Paul Rogers's Bottom. The rest of the players within a play, Swift, Shaw, Eccles, Normington and the great Bill Travers (who can ever forget him in 'Big Time Operators,' or 'Wee Geordie?')as Snout. There is wonder in this romp through the woods, where the lovers keep getting dirtier and dirtier, as the sprites, fairies and gnomes are green. This is a wonderful version that will only be approached 31 years later. As for the later (1996) RSC version..., well, you'll have to go there and see my comments. But, in my view, it can't approach the fun, mirth and joy of this wonderful production.