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A Midsummer Night's Dream
PLOT SUMMARY
Written by William Shakespeare
Dated to 1595/6
Comedy
Key characters include Helena, Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius, Nick Bottom, Puck, Titania, and Oberon
PAST PRODUCTIONS
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In 2023 A Midsummer Night’s Dream returned to the Globe theatre, directed by Elle While and featuring Shakespeare’s Globe’s Artistic Director Michelle Terry as Puck.
Discover More2002 – dir. Mike Alfreds
2008 – dir. Jonathan Munby
2009 & 2010 – dir. Raz Shaw
2012 – 90-minute version for Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank, dir. Bill Buckhurst
2012 – Globe to Globe Festival, performed in Korean by Yohangza Theatre Company, from Seoul, South Korea and directed by Jung-Ung Yang.
2013 & 2014 – dir. Dominic Dromgoole
2014 – performed in BSL by Deafinitely Theatre, dir. Paula Garfield
2016 – dir. Emma Rice
2019 & 2021 – dir. Sean Holmes
2023 – dir. Elle While
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