A Midsummer Night's Dream by Wm Shakespeare performed live at Shakespeare's Globe Recorded live at Shakespeare's Globe, London 5, 12 August 2013. run time 2 hrs 47 mins in two parts at interval This recode of discs includes subtitles for German, French and English available in your VLC or other player IMDb:tt4074180/ Presented in two parts at intermission Summary 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 inventive play, whose seriousness is only fleetingly glimpsed beneath its dreamlike surface. Cast and Creatives Directed for the stage by Dominic Dromgoole: Directed for the Screen by Robin Lough Titania Michelle Terry Oberon John Light Puck Mathew Tennyson Helena Sarah MacRae Bottom Pearce Quigley Peter Quince Fergal McElherron Hermia Olivia Ross Demetrius Joshua Silver Starveling Huss Garbiya Cobweb Tala Gouveia Complete cast and credits in the credit roll My notes There are a number of Midsummer Night's Dream in my various collections-- one by Julie Taymor and also a Shakespeare Lives recode of the production directed by Emma Rice. This Globe version comes from several years ago. It features Michelle Terry also seen in Love's Labours Lost at The Globe. Those who follow the Globe news (this is written mid- December 2017) have read that Michelle Terry will assume directorship of the Globe in 2018. The Shakespeare Lives version of Midsummer at the Globe is worth seeking out on Demonoid by another file sharer from a screen capture. I seed that one as well as this recode. Here there are star performances by many of the players. Paerce Quigley returns in this production as do others. The role of Puck has been re-created in a variety of ways in Midsummer Night's Dream. The play's interpretation herein is one of the more adventurous and engaging ones. Notes Written December 15 th 2017