A Midsummer Nights Dream (1968 film)

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a 1968 film of William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Peter Hall.

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It stars Derek Godfrey as Theseus, Barbara Jefford as Hippolyta, Diana Rigg as Helena, Helen Mirren as Hermia, Ian Holm as Puck, Ian Richardson as King Oberon, Judi Dench as Queen Titania, and Paul Rogers as Bottom, as well as other members of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

The film premiered in theatres in Europe in September 1968. In the U.S., it was sold directly to television rather than playing in theatres, and premiered as a Sunday evening special, on the night of 9 February 1969. It was shown on CBS (with commercials).

Cast

Derek Godfrey as Theseus

Ian Holm as Puck, or Robin Goodfellow

Judi Dench as Titania

Helen Mirren as Hermia

Paul Rogers as Bottom

Diana Rigg as Helena

Ian Richardson as Oberon

David Warner as Lysander

Michael Jayston as Demetrius

Sebastian Shaw as Quince

Bill Travers as Snout

Clive Swift as Snug

Donald Eccles as Starveling

John Normington as Flute

Barbara Jefford as Hippolyta

Nicholas Selby as Egeus

Hugh Sullivan as Philostrate