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Status
Released
Release
2009
Runtime
2h 30m
A special, fully-staged production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, with Mendelssohn’s complete incidental music, broadcast on air, online and via red button. Director Tim Carroll introduces the production in conversation with Louise Fryer. The Ladies’ Choir of the Enlightenment and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment are conducted by Charles Hazlewood.
9 Cast Members
Martin Turner
Theseus / Oberon
Melanie Jessop
Hippolyta / Titania
James Garnon
Puck (Robin Goodfellow)
Alex Hassell
Lysander / Francis Flute
Catherine Bailey
Helena / Snug
Daniel Rigby
Demetrius / Robin Starveling
Elena Pavli
Hermia / First fairy / Peter Quince
James Garnon
Tom Snout
John Paul Connolly
Nick Bottom / Egeus
