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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

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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.

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2002 – 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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