Track | Act/Scene | Length |
01 | 01 - Act I scene i | 16:49 |
02 | 02 - Act I scene ii | 6:12 |
03 | 03 - Act II scene i | 15:35 |
04 | 04 - Act II scene ii | 10:42 |
05 | 05 - Act III scene i | 12:27 |
06 | 06 - Act III scene ii | 27:52 |
07 | 07 - Act IV scene i | 14:06 |
08 | 08 - Act IV scene ii | 3:11 |
09 | 09 - Act V scene i | 22:47 |
10 | 10 - Act V scene ii | 3:32 |
Cast
Theseus/Oberon: Algy Pug
Hippolyta/Titania: Elizabeth Klett
Philostrate/Puck: Amy Gramour
Egeus: Bruce Pirie
Hermia: Elizabeth Barr
Lysander: Dan Raynham
Demetrius: Bear Schacht
Helena: Kristingj
Peter Quince/Prologue: Arielle Lipshaw
Francis Flute/Thisby: Jeff Schwab
Nick Bottom/Pyramus: Bob Gonzalez
Tom Snout/Wall: Grace
Snug/Lion: Katalina Watt
Robin Starveling/Moonshine/Cobweb: Nolan Fount
Fairy: Tiffany Halla Colonna
Peaseblossom: Lucy Perry
Moth: Psudonae Vox
Mustardseed: Laurie Anne Walden
Narrator: Ernst Pattynama
Audio editing: Elizabeth Klett
Credits
Running Time: 3 hours 8 minutes
Read by: Cast
Book Coordinator: Elizabeth Klett
Meta Coordinator: Elizabeth Klett
Proof Listener: Elizabeth Klett
Artwork
Cover: The Marriage of Oberon and Titania by John Anster Fitzgerald, date unknown.
Inset: Hermia and Lysander, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1870, by John Simmons (1823-1876).
Inset: 'Chandos portrait’ of William Shakespeare thought to be by John Taylor. National Portrait Gallery.
Insert background: Hermia and Lysander, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1870, by John Simmons (1823-1876).
Recordings
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As Theseus, Duke of Athens, is arranging festivities to celebrate his wedding to Hippolyte, Queen of the Amazons, a nobleman storms into court to seek his judgment. His daughter, Hermia, loves Lysander and refuses to marry Demetrius, the suitor her father has chosen. Theseus gives her until his wedding day to decide upon the marriage, a life of chastity, or possible death. Hermia and Lysander plan to elope. Hermia tells her friend Helena, who loves Demetrius, of her plans, which sets all four off to the woods falling in and out of love during an enchanted evening among the fairies. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, one Shakespeare’s most popular plays, weaves four intertwined plots around the themes of love, magic, and dreams. On another level there is a tiff between Oberon, king of the fairies, and Titania, his queen, over an Indian boy, son of one of her followers. Lastly, there is the comic relief of a crew of craftsmen in the woods rehearsing a wretched version of “Pyramus and Thisbee” to perform at the Duke’s wedding. Throughout the action, Puck, Oberon’s “shrewd and knavish sprite”, dispenses love potions to guide the course of the various romances for better and for worse. After an evening of mishaps and turnabouts in the woods, attachments come into alignment. The Duke and Hippolyte discover the parties on a hunt early the following morning. As they recount their bizarre adventures all agree that they must have been dreaming. We, meanwhile, are thoroughly convinced of the truth of Lysander’s remark that “the course of true love never did run true”.
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Item Info | |
EAN - DVD case | 0683422134487 |
EAN - CD jacket | 0682550991269 |
Media | MP3 CD |
Package | DVD Box |
Author | William Shakespeare (1564-1616) |
Year | 1595 or 1596 |
Recording | |
Read by | Cast |
Length | 2 hours and 13 minutes |
Type of Reading | Dramatic |
A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Product Code: DB-1127
- Availability: In Stock
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