Newly Restored - 2024 - William Shakespeare - Midsummer Night's Dream - Peter Hall - 1968 - Movie - Judi Dench as Titania, Helen Mirren as Hermia, Ian Holm as Puck and Ian Richardson as Oberon. Restored Version by Shakespeare Network.

Directed by Peter Hall

CAST
Judi Dench as Titania
Ian Holm as Puck, or Robin Goodfellow
Helen Mirren as Hermia
Diana Rigg as Helena
Ian Richardson as Oberon
David Warner as Lysander
Michael Jayston as Demetrius
Paul Rogers as Bottom
Derek Godfrey as Theseus
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

The RSC's production of this Shakespeare comedy sparkles on the screen - just some of its delights include a delightful Judi Dench as Titania, a cheeky chappie Ian Holm as Puck, and a vibrant Helena and Hermia in Diana Rigg and a very young Helen Mirren. Ian Richardson as Oberon delivers the essence of a fairy king.

This was the first live-action version of this play to be filmed in colour.

AUDIO / IMAGE HD Restoration - Sources and/or Archive copies quality used for this restoration: medium.

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Screen Adaptation - Co-Production : MISANTHROPOS – Official Website - https://www.misanthropos.net
Adapted by Maximianno Cobra, from Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens", the film exposes the timeless challenge of social hypocrisy, disillusion and annihilation against the poetics of friendship, love, and beauty.