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A Midsummer Night's Dream

6.0 148 mins 1985
New York Shakespeare Festival  
Director(s): Emile Ardolino

Theseus has defeated Hippolyta in battle, and now claims her as his bride. But before the nuptials begin, a pair of young lovers flee into the forest to be married, pursued by a pair of not-lovers. There, in the forest, live the fairies whose lives are in turmoil, due to the heated lovers' quarrels between their rulers, Oberon and Titania. Between the fairies, an ass's head, the lovers, a troupe of unsuspecting would-be actors, and a magic flower that can make people fall in love at first sight, it's a merry night of chaos and comedy until everything is put to rights.

Casts of A Midsummer Night's Dream

Diane Venora

as Hippolyta

James Hurdle

as Theseus

Ricky Jay

as Philostrate

Ralph Drischell

as Egeus

Deborah Rush

as Hermia

Rick Lieberman

as Demetrius

Kevin Conroy

as Lysander

Christine Baranski

as Helena

Steve Vinovich

as Quince

Jeffrey DeMunn

as Bottom

Paul Bates

as Flute

J. Patrick O'Brien

as Starveling

Andreas Katsulas

as Snout

Peter Crook

as Snug

William Hurt

as Oberon

Michele Shay

as Titania

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