A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

90 mins | Comedy, Romance, Fantasy | May 30, 2016

Shakespeare's comedy adapted for television by Russell T. Davies. In the tyrannical court of Athens, pitiless dictator Theseus plans his wedding to Hippolyta, a prisoner of war, while young Hermia is sentenced to death by her own father for loving the wrong man. Meanwhile, in the town below, an amateur theatre group rehearses. And beyond Athens, in the wild woods, dark forces are stirring...

A Midsummer Night's Dream

90 mins | Comedy, Romance, Fantasy | May 30, 2016

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeare's comedy adapted for television by Russell T. Davies. In the tyrannical court of Athens, pitiless dictator Theseus plans his wedding to Hippolyta, a prisoner of war, while young Hermia is sentenced to death by her own father for loving the wrong man. Meanwhile, in the town below, an amateur theatre group rehearses. And beyond Athens, in the wild woods, dark forces are stirring...
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers BBC
Original title A Midsummer Night's Dream
Directors David Kerr
Writers Russell T Davies, William Shakespeare

Cast

John Hannah

as Theseus

Nonso Anozie

as Oberon

Matt Lucas

as Bottom

Maxine Peake

as Titania

Eleanor Matsuura

as Hippolyta

Richard Wilson

as Starveling

Bernard Cribbins

as Snout

Alan Blumenfeld

as Egeus

Colin McFarlane

as Egeus

Elliot Levey

as Philostrate

Sarah Sharman

as Courtier

Elaine Paige

as Mistress Quince

Fisayo Akinade

as Flute

Matthew Tennyson

as Lysander

Javone Prince

as Snug

Varada Sethu

as Peaseblossom

Paapa Essiedu

as Demetrius

Tia Benbow-Hart

as Moth

Marlene Madenge

as Mustardseed

Kate Kennedy

as Helena