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Cover of Midsummer Night's Dream (version 2)

Midsummer Night's Dream (version 2)

William Shakespeare

Length
2 h 12 min
Chapters
5
Language
English
Genre
Comedy
First published
1623

Shakespeare's festive comedy combines classical Athenian characters (Duke Theseus and his conquered Amazonian bride Hippolyta) with four contentious lovers, a forest full of quarreling and mischievous fairies and adds a dose of amateur theatre for good measure. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)

Cast

Theseus/Oberon: Algy Pug

Hippolyta/Titania: Elizabeth Klett

Philostrate/Puck: Amy Gramour

Egeus: Bruce Pirie

Hermia: Elizabeth Barr

Lysander: Dan Raynham

Demetrius: Bear Schacht

Helena: Kristingj

Peter Quince/Prologue: Arielle Lipshaw

Francis Flute/Thisby: Jeff Schwab

Nick Bottom/Pyramus: Bob Gonzalez

Tom Snout/Wall: Grace

Snug/Lion: Katalina Watt

Robin Starveling/Moonshine/Cobweb: Nolan Fount

Fairy: Tiffany Halla Colonna

Peaseblossom: Lucy Perry

Moth: Psudonae Vox

Mustardseed: Laurie Anne Walden

Narrator: Ernst Pattynama

Audio editing: Elizabeth Klett

Chapters

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